Rear-Dumper Into Wall

I'm impressed at the amount of damage here. The truck must have been doing some speed. Sent it by a reader.

Delicately Balanced Excavator

Sent in by a reader this week.

Wheel Motor Failure

These great photos were sent in a couple of weeks ago by a reader. The come from a copper mine in Zambia.

Marion 8900 Dragline Recovery

Received these photos a few weeks ago from a reader. They show the recovery of a Marion 8900 dragline from a bench failure.

Compare this dragline recovery to Norwich Park's.

Mining Memes

I don't normally link to other sites, but this one is funny. There's a new Mining Meme's page on Facebook, which puts the standard internet memes into a mining situation, and adds some new mining ones to the mix.

Saraji Blast Damage

This incident happened last Monday, at the Saraji Mine. I didn't get any other details, so if you know, please comment below.

Edit 7/9/12: Additional photo sent in.

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.

Broken Rear Axle

Interesting photo sent in this week by a reader. We've had a few axles failures on the site before, but never one this complete.

Lightning Strike on 777

Another great set of photos sent in by a reader of a lightning strike on a 777. From the incident report:

"On July 15, 2012 at approximately 2300 hours driver of 777F haul truck was parked at the 1135 waste dump waiting out an electrical storm.  Truck was struck by lightning causing significant damage to the rear of the truck.  One left side outside duel was propelled away from the truck approximate 250 meters.  The rim of this tire was another 50 meters further.  All 4 rear tires were blown out and cab windows shattered.  Driver exited the truck as quickly as he could and ran away to a safe distance from the truck."

"Driver exited the truck as quickly as he could." Gee, ya think?

EX1800 Into Overpass

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