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Conveyor mishap leads to serious injury at underground coal mine

A FLYING object hit a worker and inflicted a serious injury while he was attempting to free a jammed conveyor chain of a continuous miner in the underground workings of a New South Wales coal mine on July 5.

Conveyor mishap leads to serious injury at underground coal mine

The object struck the continuous miner driver, aged 46, in the face, rendered him momentarily unconscious and knocked him over with his head hitting the mine floor.    The worker was transported by...

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