ENVIRONMENT

Faulty steering causes underground collision

A LOOSE steering wheel caused a personnel transporter to collide underground causing glass to shatter and the vehicle to be damaged.

 As the transporter slowed, it hit a fire hydrant dropper that penetrated the driver’s side windscreen.

As the transporter slowed, it hit a fire hydrant dropper that penetrated the driver’s side windscreen.

The personnel transporter was travelling outbye with two occupants in an underground New South Wales coal mine. As it left a dogleg section of the roadway, the steering pulled hard to the right. ...

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