Sunday, September 18, 2011

Flooded Drills


I'm not sure if these drills have been flooded in water, or mud / slurry from some sort of highwall failure.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Hung Up Belly Dumper




It looks like this guy is lucky he was driving a belly dumper, and not a rear-dumper. A rear-dumper might have rolled down that slope.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Dragline Bench Failure

A blast from the past today. A major bench failure at Peak Downs. Does anyone know when this occurred?







Sunday, August 7, 2011

Sunrise Dam Highwall Failure


Since tonight is the Masterchef finale, I thought I'd have a bit of cross-promotion. If you've watched the show this year, you'll know that the contestants went to the Sunrise Dam mine in WA for one of their challenges.

This major highwall failure comes from the same mine, and occurred earlier this year. These photos were sent in by a reader. Thanks!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Rolled Fuel Truck



Not sure if this is a fuel truck or a water cart.

Sunday, July 17, 2011