ENVIRONMENT

Bund a real stopper

A SERVICE truck operator was forced to use a centre bund to stop his truck after its brakes failed while the machine was travelling down a ramp at a Queensland open cut mine.

The brake testing schedule was identified to be inadequate.

The brake testing schedule was identified to be inadequate.

The truck operator had to use a gap in the centre bund to avoid negotiating curves on the ramp before steering the passenger side into contact with the centre bund. That stopped the truck. The Queensland...

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