Saturday, December 29, 2012

Truck into Culvert







This is a few years old now. From the email I received:

It happened on the Kalgoorlie to Perth Road.

A culvert was being installed across the road with a detour gravel road graded around the whole area.

The Truckie has just blown clean on through the detour signs and punted straight into the trench. He survived with minor injuries!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Drowned Excavator


This operator is probably very lucky he didn't fall the other way.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Bogged Backhoe


Definitely one of those 'how did they do that?' photos.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Scat Shower


Looks like someone connected up the emergency shower to the wrong pipe.

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Rolled Dump Truck


Seeing that broken mirror on the ground reminds me of the joke:

"Hey boss, I've had a bit of an accident."
"What? What's the damage?"
"The mirror's broken."
"Well that's okay, these things happen. How did the mirror get broken?"
"The truck fell on it."

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Hastings Deering Paint Shop Fire - Mackay



Some photos of the fire in the Hastings Deering paint shop in Mackay that happened a few weeks ago.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Revision Clouds

Plans. So hard to read. From the always funny thereifixedit.com

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Bad Tyre Blowout


This video was sent it by a reader last week. Very bad tyre blowout on the front of a truck.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Stuck Crane





 
These great photos were sent in by a reader. This guy definitely gets bonus points for almost killing himself with the block.

Look at all the bicycles in the second picture. Must be a standard way of getting around that plant. Very good! Now they just need a few more 'Max Clearance' signs on their gantries.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Quad-Stack Truck


After the last few serious incidents, I thought I'd put up something a bit more light-hearted this week. I would love to see the series of incidents and decisions that led to this bit of craziness.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Insecure Pipe Load





Sent in by a reader a few weeks ago. From the email:

"This 9.5/8" casing had just left Gearhart's yard following inspection/re-coating for storage by Apache, the truck wasn't travelling fast by any means but had to stand on his brakes and give way at the intersection and the pictures tell the rest.

Driver luckily was only bruised and in a bit of shock."

Saturday, August 11, 2012

BHP Train Derailment
















Sent in by a reader a couple of weeks ago. I don't know where exactly this happened, just that it happened on 28th May, 2012.

Update: From a reader:
The  BHP Train Derailment, I googled it and it appears that it happen on its Newman line in the Pilbara.
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bhp-iron-ore-train-derailed
http://www.smh.com.au/business/train-derails-on-bhp-line-20110601-1fglc.html