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Miner cuts off arm in underground accident

A COAL miner trapped by a loader in the West Wallsend longwall mine in the New South Wales Hunter Valley cut off his own arm with a Stanley knife as rescuers reached him on Saturday night.

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Colin Jones, 44, was operating a front-end loader which tipped and crushed his right arm, trapping him. Rather than wait for rescuers who were minutes away, Jones amputated the arm, which was virtually...

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