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Welder hit by small rocks in hopper

A WELDER working at the bottom of a refuse hopper at an underground coal mine in New South Wales received a scare when a backhoe operator dumped a load of small rocks into the hopper from above.

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The worker was welding plates in the hopper alone and had closed the boom gates on the entrance to the hopper area to prevent others accessing the area while he worked. However, the backhoe operator...

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