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Workers thrown in dog bone link fail

TWO underground mine workers in Western Australia suffered serious injuries on February 11 when they were tipped out of a work basket on an integrated tool carrier.

 View of work basket from wheel 1 position with incident scene undisturbed, as supplied by DMIRS

View of work basket from wheel 1 position with incident scene undisturbed, as supplied by DMIRS

According to a safety bulletin released by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, the incident occurred when a service crew was relocating a jumbo box and hanging an attached high voltage...

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