ENVIRONMENT

Worker hit by bouncing rock

THE New South Wales Resources Regulator has warned mine operators to make sure loader operators are trained in the correct bucket loading practices following a dangerous incident at one of the state’s underground metal mines.

 The Regulator's image of the incident

The Regulator's image of the incident

In the incident a loader operator was filling a truck at the mine's oxide stockpile when a rock weighing about 20kg fell out of the bucket and bounced through the truck's side panel window. The operator...

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