Case of the disappearing dozers

QUEENSLAND chief coal inspector Jacques Le Roux has issued a safety alert after two separate instances in January where bulldozers operating on coal stockpiles sank into voids above feed valves.

The regulator's image of the incident

15 February 2023
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In the first incident at a surface coal mine on January 27 the dozer driver was trapped in the cabin for about 10 hours.

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