A 39-year-old contractor has died of a heart attack while driving a truck at Glencore’s Glendell open-cut mine, the CFMEU has confirmed.
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Although the man’s death on Wednesday had originally been reported as a mining accident, union district president Peter Jordan said inspectors had confirmed the man had suffered a heart attack while behind the wheel of an articulated truck known as a “wobbly”.
Mr Jordan said the man worked for a Singleton contractor, MJR Excavations, which had been hired to move topsoil as part of the mine’s rehabilitation processes.
He said the man was discovered at about 1.15pm on Wednesday.
A union check inspector and the police were called to the mine, along with a “CPR medical team” from Singleton.
Despite the team’s best efforts, they were unable to revive the contractor.
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