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Speed causes shearer transporter to jack-knife

SPEED seems to have been a factor in an incident that led to a shearer transporter jack-knifing in a decline at a New South Wales underground coal mine and causing its tow hitch to snap.

 Speed seems to have been a factor in an incident that led to a shearer transporter jack-knifing in a decline.

Speed seems to have been a factor in an incident that led to a shearer transporter jack-knifing in a decline.

The operator was using the heavy-lift loader to move a loaded shearer transporter just a short distance. The NSW Resources Regulator said preliminary investigations suggested speed was a factor, as...

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