Probe Into Second Death in Three Weeks at Coal Mine

A bucket-wheel dumping soil and sand removed from another area of the mine in Newcastle, Australia, the world's largest coal exporting port, on Nov. 5, 2021. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

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.