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Blow for driver after tyre blow

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator has warned the state’s miners to not operate vehicles with underinflated tyres following a dangerous incident at a mineral sands mine where a fuel truck driver was knocked to the ground when a tyre blew out.

 The Regulator's image of the incident

The Regulator's image of the incident

The truck had travelled 100m from the mine's workshop to refuel the mine's dredger and was unladen and stationary at the time of the blowout. The driver was on the opposite side of the fuel truck to...

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