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Opal mine fatality

A WORKER has died after being hit by a large steel bucket while trying to climb out of a 12m shaft sump in an underground opal mine at the Mulga opal field in New South Wales.

Karma Barndon
Lightning Ridge Opal fields area

Lightning Ridge Opal fields area

According to NSW Police and the NSW Resources Regulator (Mine Safety) the worker was climbing out of the sub-floor level sump when struck by the bucket. The bucket – part of a vertical shaft hoist system...

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