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Dozer comes off second best in collision with dump truck

A DOZER was lucky to get out with a few dents after it collided with a rear-dump truck at a New South Wales open cut coal mine.

The operator of the truck, thinking the dozer had already completed the clean-up, started to reverse.

The operator of the truck, thinking the dozer had already completed the clean-up, started to reverse.

The truck entered an overburden dump, stopped, and prepared to reverse. A nearby dozer established radio contact and advised the truck operator that it needed to sweep the area behind the truck and...

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