Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Buried Teleremote


From the submission: Teleremote loader kept on undercutting the rill until it got buried and then that massive rock to the right, which was a piece from the crown of the stope, which has failed, fell on to it.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Tire Failure

Sent in by  reader this week. I don't think I've ever seen a tire failure like it. From the email:

The picture shows a tyre failure on a chinese Triangle tyre mounted on a CAT740 at Leuwpan Coalmine in South Africa. The reason for the failure is poor tyre quality.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

A Close Call





Some photos sent in by a reader this week. They come from a gold mine in Nevada, USA. The operator fell asleep at the wheel, fortunately, the rill did its job.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Rear Dumper Into Hopper

That's not something you see every day - a Cat truck painted white!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Flattened Ute


I don't have any information about this incident, other than this photo. It looks like it's been driven over somehow by a dump truck.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Truck on Side

Looks like the operator forgot he was driving a rear-dump truck, not a side-tipper truck.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Overloaded Low-Loader






I'm not sure if this crusher is too heavy for the low-loader, or if it's just too much of a point load for it.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Bogged Dozer


We seem to be having a lot of bogged vehicles recently. Must be the season for it.