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Swinging bolter leaves worker with lung and rib damage

AN UNDERGROUND coal mine worker was pinned by a swinging roof bolter leaving him with a lacerated lung and broken ribs in an incident at a New South Wales underground coal mine.

Lou Caruana
The worker was driven out of the mine and transferred to hospital.

The worker was driven out of the mine and transferred to hospital.

The roof bolting rig was being removed from a continuous miner. The rig was supported by a chain block attached to a roof bolt. When the last bolt was removed the rig swung, pinning a worker to the...

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