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Mulga Rush Opal Field Miner Convicted & Fined
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<blockquote data-quote="Sjc" data-source="post: 596641" data-attributes="member: 20460"><p>I am born and bred opal. My father was a pick/ shovel and windlass miner who hand sunk his own holes. My mother was was a pretty good opal cutter. I grew up with safety foremost as any parent does with kids growing up on the fields. I grew up wary of open shafts, loose rocks at the top of a hole that could hit a miner below, and moving back into the drive after the bucket was hooked onto the windlass just in case it fell. I was taught that what goes up can definitely come back down. You stayed away from moving parts and always wore proper footwear when going down the ladder. When hoists became more common it was drummed in that if the bucket stuck you went up the 2 nd egress or you waited as long as it took until the bucket made its own way down or someone came. As children this stuff is embedded into you. I know this accident. I know the people involved. I know the pain that has been suffered. I also know that there is a side to all this that isnt reflected in the findings and my aim is to let people know the unbiased truth. This affects all miners and has turned the mines department on its head as what it has been teaching has been treated with irrelevance and has been undermined .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sjc, post: 596641, member: 20460"] I am born and bred opal. My father was a pick/ shovel and windlass miner who hand sunk his own holes. My mother was was a pretty good opal cutter. I grew up with safety foremost as any parent does with kids growing up on the fields. I grew up wary of open shafts, loose rocks at the top of a hole that could hit a miner below, and moving back into the drive after the bucket was hooked onto the windlass just in case it fell. I was taught that what goes up can definitely come back down. You stayed away from moving parts and always wore proper footwear when going down the ladder. When hoists became more common it was drummed in that if the bucket stuck you went up the 2 nd egress or you waited as long as it took until the bucket made its own way down or someone came. As children this stuff is embedded into you. I know this accident. I know the people involved. I know the pain that has been suffered. I also know that there is a side to all this that isnt reflected in the findings and my aim is to let people know the unbiased truth. This affects all miners and has turned the mines department on its head as what it has been teaching has been treated with irrelevance and has been undermined . [/QUOTE]
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