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Laine Clark

Probe into second death in 3 weeks at coal mine

Operations at a coal mine in central Queensland have been suspended after a second fatality. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Operations at a central Queensland coal mine have been suspended after a second fatality in weeks stoked safety concerns.

The use of heavy vehicles at the Byerwen site at Suttor, west of Mackay, has also been suspended amid an investigation into the latest tragedy.

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