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Overloaded excavator blamed for fatal rail maintenance accident near Launceston

Overloaded excavator blamed for fatal rail maintenance accident near Launceston

An investigation into the fatal rail maintenance incident that occurred near Evandale in July 2022 found that the modified high rail excavator involved was operating beyond its working load limit. An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation found that on July 20 the excavator became unstable and overturned while lifting an infrastructure trailer, killing the…

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