Landslip Onto Ute and Excavator

Today's photos come from the sunny land of NZ. From the description: A hillside failed after heavy rain and pushed a ute against an excavator. The mechanic welding a hand rail in place narrowly avoided getting crushed. The ute was written off, but the excavator and welder survived.

Excavator on Side

Dragline Bench Failure

Another dragline bench failure from the past. Does anyone know what site it's from?

HME over LV

I don't know what site this is from, but it looks like another very lucky operator.

Coal Reclaimer Collapse

These amazing photos were sent in this week by a reader. They're from an incident that occured on the 25th of May, at the Itaguai port in Brazil.

10 people were on this reclaimer as it was preparing for maintenance. Fortunately, all escaped serious injury.

Ejected Drill Rig

More great photos sent in last week from WA. A brand new Drillcorp Western Deephole Diamond Drill rig was being delivered to a Rio Tinto exploration site in the Pilbara.

From the description:
Apparently the driver stalled it on the hill....tried to do a hill-start....cocked it up and shunted the truck so hard it broke the chains holding the rig to the flatbed.....then the drill slid backward before falling off to the side !!! Brand Spankers !!!

Double Bogged Dozers

Another old one sent in by a reader. From the Leigh Creek coal mine.

Four Years Old!

Mining Mayhem is four years old this week. I'd like to use this chance to say a big 'thank you' to all the regular readers of the blog, and to all those who've sent through photos. Some amazing ones have come through this year.

In Mining Mayhem tradition, we've got a video today.

Burnt Bomb Truck

Some more great photos sent in this week my a reader. The float must have caught on fire, and then set fire to its cargo, a million-dollar bomb truck. This incident happend on the 3rd May, at Brockman.

Mingo Train Load-Out Derailment and Collapse

From WOWK-TV, July 2009:
Wharncliffe -- Tuesday afternoon investigators were still sifting through the rubble, trying to find out why a train derailed at the Black Bear Preparation Plant in the Wharncliffe community of Mingo County.

That derailment knocked out the support beams of the "Load Out" at the coal mine, causing the structure to collapse. The Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department was one of the first on the scene.

"It's about a 70 foot building. It's just flat on the ground, debris everywhere, metal axles from the train cars laying beside the rail and stuff," said Joshua Vance of the Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department.

Vance says three were trapped in the debris-two coal miners and the train's conductor. They were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries, two others with minor injuries. He adds that five train cars came off the tracks to cause the building collapse, creating a sight many say they'll never forget.

"Ain't never happened around here before. It ain't never happened. It's bad," said J.R Cline of Wharncliffe.

The mine is owned by Alpha Natural Resources of Virginia. The Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training is investigating the incident.