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Ashton coal worker suffers injuries after continuous miner slide

A WORKER suffered shoulder and wrist injuries when he was struck by a continuous miner that slid down the sloping grade of a longwall development roadway at Yancoal’s Ashton mine in New South Wales.

Ashton coal worker suffers injuries after continuous miner slide

The worker was given first aid before being transported to hospital for treatment. The roadway at the mine had a sloping grade and the conditions were wet and muddy. The worker was part of the mine's...

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