SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s QCoal stated on Saturday that employees at its Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland state had been despatched dwelling pending a probe into the dying of a employee on the web site on Thursday.
The person’s dying comes after one other employee died on the mine, about 840km (530 miles) from state capital Brisbane, on Aug. 3.
Brisbane-based QCoal runs the open-cut mine within the Bowen Basin, of which it owns 85%, in a three way partnership with Japan’s JFE Metal Corp.
A QCoal spokesperson stated in an announcement that the corporate “decided to send the workforce home on full pay pending initial outcome of current investigations” into the newest fatality.
On Friday, Queensland’s mining regulator suspended using heavy automobiles on the mine after the incident involving two automobiles that brought about the employee’s dying.
“QCoal has chosen to suspend operations at the mine, but we’ve taken this extra step to ensure activities involving heavy vehicles cannot take place until our inspector is satisfied that it is safe to do so,” Sources Security & Well being Queensland CEO Rob Djukic stated in an announcement.
Djukic stated it was “disheartening and concerning to see a second fatality in less than a month at Byerwen”, including that an investigation by the company was underway.
The employee who died this week was employed by contractor Macmahon Holdings, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.
The Byerwen mine produces as much as 10 million tonnes of onerous coking coal, a steel-making ingredient, annually, in accordance with QCoal.
