ENVIRONMENT

Tyre burst has dozer driver ducking

A TYRE blow-out at a Queensland open cut coal mine has caused a lump of basalt to be hurled more than 40m and into the cabin of a nearby dozer, narrowly missing its operator.

 The rock penetrated the dozer cabin’s right-side window before passing through the cabin and exiting by shattering and pushing out the rear window.

The rock penetrated the dozer cabin’s right-side window before passing through the cabin and exiting by shattering and pushing out the rear window.

A Cat 795F rear dump truck was being loaded by a rope shovel when a basalt rock approximately 400mm in diameter fell on the offside and rolled beneath the truck unnoticed. Once loaded the truck drove...

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