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Worker suffers lower leg injuries while maintaining Ulan longwall

A CONTRACTOR at Glencore’s Ulan underground mine in New South Wales had his foot trapped while undertaking a maintenance task on longwall equipment on December 7.

 Underground at Glencore's Ulan mine in NSW.

Underground at Glencore's Ulan mine in NSW.

The worker sustained serious injuries to his lower leg and foot and was airlifted to Westmead Hospital for treatment. Inspectors from the NSW Resources Regulator were deployed to the site and began...

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