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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Rafqa Touma

Man dead after accident at central Queensland mine

Police and Emergency services were called to the central Queensland Byerwen Mine site, near Mackay, after the 48-year-old man was reportedly involved in a crane accident.
Police and emergency services were called to the central Queensland Byerwen Mine site, near Mackay, after the 48-year-old man was reportedly involved in a crane accident. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A worker is dead after an incident reportedly involving a crane at the Byerwen coalmine site near the central Queensland city of Mackay.

Emergency services were called about 7.30am to a worksite on Wollombi Road in Suttor, after the 48-year-old man was located unresponsive, a Queensland police spokesperson said. He was later declared deceased.

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