so if the d8 wasnt operator error, you'd think that with 5 operators running the bucket wheel would have seen the dozer sitting there
. or maybe thats just me thinking again:beatsme
As it was told to me, the dozer operator had stepped off the machine to relieve himself when the wheel swung towards it. So that would make it operator error on the part of the dozer operator.
The wheel was being run from the cab on the blind side of the wheel at the time. These machines have two cabs, one on either side. So when swinging one way, they have to rely on cameras to see what is over there. If the dozer was parked and the operator never saw it in the camera, he would nevr have known he had caught it.
One thing to remember as well. The 5 operators are not all looking at the bucket wheel, they work on different parts of the whole system. Our bucketwheels ran with a 3 person crew. The operator in the cab, the operator who ran the discharge onto the conveyor belt, and the third was the cat operator to do cleanup around the machine.
Brian
