another operator having a bad day

dayexco · Jan 25, 2009

this would suck

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3e4_1232854760

Deere9670 · Jan 25, 2009

whoops, thats rough!

cat 385 · Jan 25, 2009

i just don't see how some of this stuff happens.

Big Tackle Boy · Jan 25, 2009

cat 385 said:
i just don't see how some of this stuff happens.

He quite simply wasn't watching what he was doing....!

BTB

JDMGrading · Jan 25, 2009

He was watching....just watching the wrong way.

rwatkins · Jan 25, 2009

I dont know what goes threw some peoples heads but that was just ridiculous.

joispoi · Jan 25, 2009

There was no way to prevent that from happening

beandrew · Jan 25, 2009

is the guy just standing on the window on the other side of the cab?

bluntman410g · Jan 26, 2009

that sucks to be that guy!

Deere9670 · Jan 26, 2009

cat 385 said:
i just don't see how some of this stuff happens.

His boom was very "vertical" making the machine very top heavy, and the backside or "ramp" he was crawling up was kind of mushy

and over she went.....expensive day...

dayexco · Jan 26, 2009

Deere9670 said:
His boom was very "vertical" making the machine very top heavy, and the backside or "ramp" he was crawling up was kind of mushy and over she went.....expensive day...

i agree, too many ops think they have to have that boom in the air. looks to me he was running on big bridge plank where the soil gave away underneath, and sitting at a 90 deg to his undercarriage like that, plus boom way up in the air....something to be learned, huh?

Turbo21835 · Jan 26, 2009

dayexco said:
i agree, too many ops think they have to have that boom in the air. looks to me he was running on big bridge plank where the soil gave away underneath, and sitting at a 90 deg to his undercarriage like that, plus boom way up in the air....something to be learned, huh?

You mean to tell me you're actually able to use that stick and bucket to push pull yourself around You know like lift your tracks up and set them on the hard surface, then spin around and push yourself the rest of the way. You think you would still have to worry about your material giving away underneath you? :beatsme

qball · Jan 26, 2009

think his/her coffe spilled?

cat 385 · Jan 26, 2009

Deere9670 said:
His boom was very "vertical" making the machine very top heavy, and the backside or "ramp" he was crawling up was kind of mushy and over she went.....expensive day...

i think you missed my point,i have spent close to 25 yrs on a hoe and other equipment,having the boom up to high definitely contributed but not knowing where his tracks were was a bigger problem,just like working on a set of mats you got to keep them under your tracks.if you say this is just not paying attention or it fell over just because the boom was to high, i would say being careless is really the big problem that guy does not belong in a hoe because if he turned over that easy it will happen again, i think part of the problem is people think you just get in a go if you don't have respect for the machine and everything else that goes along with being an operator then you do not deserve to be an operator.

CabbageThe1 · Jan 26, 2009

Lol....well I'm probably the biggest nub on the forum because I have only been operating for about 4 months but if I'm going up anything that even looks slightly questionable I make sure I stretch out my boom and arm. Just to be safe because I don't want to end up like that. And I also agree that if he would have been paying a little more attention that wouldn't have happened.

Plus being 18 and getting on as an operator even if it was through an internship doesn't happen very often so I want to keep a good status with my boss and co-workers.

John C. · Jan 26, 2009

It kind of looked like the machine was sitting on some kind of plating across a trench and as the machine walked onto the other plate the one he started on was pushed back of just dropped into the trench.

I have to wonder where the site forman was, if there were any safety people around and why someone working on the site didn't say something before the accident. Possibly a crew of half wits. Now that the bone head play is on video for the world to see I have to wonder about the employment status of the crew.

The path next to the site kind of reminds me of the roads in Holland. The color and cab style kind of looks like a Sumitomo.

Good operator training lesson.

DJR96 · Jan 26, 2009

He obviously had no idea whatsoever.

ointhead

Long before he actually fell he should have been thinking about getting level gently anyway. Even if he hadn't fallen over, he would have crashed down hard on that platform as he overbalanced on the edge of it. Potentially collapsing the platform and injuring (or worse

) the guy in the trench. Best thing to have happened to the guy, get him out of the industry.

OCR · Jan 26, 2009

Turbo21835 said:
You mean to tell me you're actually able to use that stick and bucket to push pull yourself around You know like lift your tracks up and set them on the hard surface, then spin around and push yourself the rest of the way. You think you would still have to worry about your material giving away underneath you? :beatsme

What??? I just don't understand your post at all...

.......

Just kidding of course... LOL

qball said:
think his/her coffe spilled?

Probably... might have burnt their lips too... :lmao.... LOL

It looks to me like the person just kept the travel direction going the same way... even after they should have realized they were in a "situation"...

Even a quick reversal of the travel motors might have saved them... :beatsme

All in all... wasn't a smooth move... (poor pun)... LOL

OCR

Dirtman2007 · Jan 26, 2009

That had to be a ride.

That would have been hard to save. once the tracks came off the ground there really was not much of a chance of stopping it. By the time you figured out what was happening it would have been hard to drop the boom that quick. Sometimes **** happens

I like how the guy in the trench did not even notice anything happened for a while.

What kind of bucket is that? Sure ain't from the US.

stock · Jan 26, 2009

To be very honest I think that this one is a case of "there by the grace of god go we".Having watched the video a least 20 times to see what caused the event, the only thing I can see resulted in this accident was that the end of the trench gave way at a critical moment,if you watch the time line it all happens in less than 7 seconds,a very short time to turn a 20t+ excavator on it side.
If we were to be really honest with ourselves we all have tracked back with our booms & sticks in this position with no adverse effects,the superstructure was in the right position for what he was doing, tracking back when personel were around, so he chould see his direction of travel.

If I was in the operators boots I would be glad of the video as it shows that circumstances beyond his control resulted in this mishap ,one for the 5% I think,the only thing I would be concerned about was the man in the trench under the machine.In my humble opinion its in Belgium/Holland and what looks like a leibherr.

There are a lot of reckless operator/drivers out there and I wouldn't class this one in that bracket.

Stock:my2c

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