Crash after sleeping on the job

A FATIGUED worker who had a microsleep was lucky to emerge unscathed after the grade he was operating crashed into a dump truck at a New South Wales open cut coal mine.

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The grader collided with a stationary dump truck.

The grader collided with a stationary dump truck.

The NSW Resources Regulator said the outcome of the incident was minor in this case, however, the consequences could have been far worse.