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Finger crusher

A SLIP with a Stillson wrench led to a worker’s fingers being crushed between a hand tool and handrail on a gas drainage drilling rig at a Queensland open cut coal mine.

The injured worker had to go to hospital and have surgery.

The injured worker had to go to hospital and have surgery.

The worker was using a Stillson wrench at the time of the incident. The Queensland Mines Inspectorate said the injured worker had to go to hospital and have surgery. It said senior site executives...

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