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Peabody's Wilpinjong mine ruled against some risk-reducing engineering controls until a collision on May 27

By Joanne McCarthy
October 7 2019 - 5:00am
Crash: A manned 120-tonne excavator and a Dozer DZ2003 after their collision at Wilpinjong coal mine, between Denman and Mudgee, on May 27. Picture: Resources Regulator.
Crash: A manned 120-tonne excavator and a Dozer DZ2003 after their collision at Wilpinjong coal mine, between Denman and Mudgee, on May 27. Picture: Resources Regulator.

AN unmanned piece of mining machinery called Dozer DZ2003 was on a mission to move overburden at Peabody's Wilpinjong coal mine on May 27 until a 120-tonne excavator strayed into its automated path.

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