Lock it or lose it

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator has reminded mine operators to always attach the locking pins on mobile plant being used for work boxes after another dangerous incident at one of the state’s underground metals mines.

The Regulator's image of the incident

22 January 2021
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Two mine workers were lucky to escape serious injury when they neglected to secure the work box they were in with locking pins, causing it to detach from an integrated tool carrier and crash about 2m

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