Excavator Bench Failure

Highwall Failure onto PC8000

This occurred in Brazil, 27-12-2013.

Reclaiming Flooded Mine

The email I got with these photos didn't say which mine it was from. Does anyone know if it's Baralaba, or some other mine?

Slight Overload

Excavator Off Bench

Excavator Bench Failure

Bogged Excavator

Highwall Failure onto Excavator

Highwall Failure onto Dozer and Excavator

Busy Bench

No mayhem today, but some great photos. I don't know who these guys are, but they win at traffic management.

Service Truck vs Excavator

Edit 13-5-2013 - Additional photo sent in by a reader

Broken Excavator

From Micare, in Mexico

Slowly Drowning Excavator

An old photo today, sent in by a reader this week. This must have hurt to watch.

Bogged Excavator

Sent in this week by a reader. According to the email, the excavator operator decided to take a shortcut by going over the rill.

A Boggy Mess

A series of photos today, sent in by a reader. These look like they're all from the same mine, which appears to have serious water-management issues.

Tipped Excavator

Bucket Damage

That's some really impressive bucket damage. From an RH340 at Poitrell Coal Mine.

Delicately Balanced Excavator

Sent in by a reader this week.

Two Bogged Excavators

Sent in by a reader the week before last. According to the email, these two excavators got bogged on the same section of road about 500m apart. The wooden logs they put down in front of the tracks just went straight underneath the mud.

EX1800 Into Overpass

Another one sent in by a reader. At the Oak Hill mine in Texas, USA. April, 2010.