A contractor has tragically died at a coal mine in the Hunter Valley.
Police have confirmed the 39-year-old who was employed as a dump truck driver at the Glendell Coal Mine in Ravensworth, was found in his truck shortly after 1pm yesterday.
He died of a massive heart attack while behind the wheel of the "wobbly" articulated truck.
The coal mine's emergency response team rushed to the man's aid and attempted to resusitate him for some time until an ambulance from Singleton arrived.
Paramedics spent 10 minutes on the 39-year-old but he couldn't be resusitated.
CFMEU District President Peter Jordan said the man was undertaking top soil work in an isolated part of the mine which is being rehabilitated.
The company he was contracted by was a small Singleton company caleed NJR Excavations.
