TWO pieces of rib have fallen into a work area on a continuous miner while a worker was roof bolting, prompting New South Wales Mine Safety to warn miners to review their risk assessments and controls and update their principal hazard plan when strata conditions change.
The worker was installing roof bolts on the right-hand side of the miner when a piece of rib 1m long by 400mm deep and 2m high failed vertically, hitting the continuous miner. Five seconds later...
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