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2008 Wesfarmers coal mine crane collapse

submitted by dirtywhiteboy to CraneCollapses 1 dayJun 13, 2025 14:38:20 ago (+3/-0)     (files.catbox.moe)

https://files.catbox.moe/vlch1a.mp4

A crane-related incident occurred at Wesfarmers' Curragh coal mine in central Queensland on December 8, 2008. During scheduled maintenance of one of the mine's five draglines, a winch failure caused the dragline's boom to fall approximately 30 meters. The incident injured the crane operator, who sustained minor injuries. The accident also caused significant structural damage to the dragline's boom. Mine management, along with independent assessors and government work safety authorities, launched a full investigation into the cause of the incident. Wesfarmers stated that an estimate of the repair costs and the impact on the mine's operations would be provided when available.

One of the craziest ones I've seen.


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[ - ] Sector2 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 17:33:09 ago (+0/-0)

What about that crane collapse in downtown - some city in Washington or that region?

Search: crane collapse seattle

Can't find video without streetshitters, niggers, or women narrating. There was one close view showing the top of the crane rolling though traffic.

[ - ] dirtywhiteboy [op] 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 17:42:48 ago (+0/-0)

Ill try to find a good version of it.

[ - ] fritz_maurentod 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 15:49:46 ago (+0/-0)

mine the coal, pay the .... wait

[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 15:41:26 ago (+0/-0)

I remember it well, we were analyzing this disaster, in short the head crane (boom head) was poorly under capacity with not enough boom...the heel crane (directly in front of the derrick) had the capacity but was not configured properly nor was the rigging of the load...there should have been no jib on the boom and a multi spreader system should have been used to support it's share of the load...this was poorly managed and planned...

[ - ] dirtywhiteboy [op] 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 15:52:55 ago (+0/-0)

I've seen reports saying the operator in the dragline fucked up & put the cables in free fall, also another report saying the winch brakes failed. Afaik, it was never conclusive to what actually happened here.

[ - ] xmasskull 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 14:41:31 ago (+0/-0)

Correction!

Four cranes collapsed.

Good post! Keep it up!

[ - ] Drstrangestgov 0 points 1 dayJun 13, 2025 14:39:37 ago (+0/-0)

"Were going to need a bigger crane"