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Mine workers lucky not to be injured after pole topples

WORKERS were using a crane to lift and lower light poles from their foundations when one of them toppled over at a New South Wales open cut coal mine.

The crane operator tensioned the chain, causing the pole to lift.

The crane operator tensioned the chain, causing the pole to lift.

After attaching a chain to the bottom of a pole, a worker was to use an elevated work platform to attach a sling mid-way up the pole before lifting. However, before this happened, the crane operator...

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