ENVIRONMENT

Rear dump truck rolls backward for 200m after losing power

A GRADER and a rear dump truck had to take evasive action at a Queensland open cut coal mine after another rear dump truck rolled backwards 200m.

There was an existing issue on the main battery power isolator.

There was an existing issue on the main battery power isolator.

A Komatsu 930E-2 rear dump truck ascending a ramp incurred a fault and lost all power and propulsion, coming to a complete standstill on the ramp. The operator exited the cabin and descended to ground...

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