How far was the drop? Regardless glad to hear he's allright, and will live to tell the tale. I know how quickly things can go from fine to needing to change your pants. What exactly was the story behind it? CJ
Glad he's ok, ouch. Hope I never have that experience.
All I can say is if it'd have been me in the cab, they'd a found a little bit more than just gravel and coal in the cab :lmao
Unless I'm reading something into the photo that's not there and from the position that the dozer landed in the cut he was travelling parallel to the edge of the cut when it let go on him. That is a big no-no in any mining operation I've ever been around. If I am wrong I'll stand corrected but that is what the photo says to me.One can better see how the rops cab was crushed but not enough to injure the operator. The wall slumped just to the right side of the knoll. The dozer rolled on the way down, landed on the cab and flipped over on to its tracks.
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Seeing these photos it makes me laugh a little when the big Australian corporate mining companies like BHPB try to import their allegedly "higher" safety standards to other parts of the world ......... :tong:tongNo one was injured here. This Cat D9 slid of the float because it was not chained down and the float operator took the sweep around the corner a little too fast!
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There it is another shot!
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Unless I'm reading something into the photo that's not there and from the position that the dozer landed in the cut he was travelling parallel to the edge of the cut when it let go on him. That is a big no-no in any mining operation I've ever been around. If I am wrong I'll stand corrected but that is what the photo says to me.