ENVIRONMENT

Near miss as dragline works go awry

FOUR workers working on a dragline at a New South Wales open pit coal mine were lucky not to be injured when a supporting frame collapsed.

As the shaft fell, it hit and damaged the scaffold.

As the shaft fell, it hit and damaged the scaffold.

A hoist drum shaft was being removed during the dragline shutdown. As the 15t shaft was moved out of the drum, the support legs on the custom-designed-and-built frame failed. As the shaft fell, it...

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