ENVIRONMENT

Roof fall lands on vehicle

A DEPUTY has had a near miss at a New South Wales mine after a piece of roof fell on the underground personal transport vehicle he had just exited.

Lou Caruana
Roof fall lands on vehicle

The deputy had parked the vehicle and left it to inspect an area of slumped rib. While he was investigating the rib, a piece of roof approximately 1m x 0.5m x 0.1m fell out between the existing roof...

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