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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Dec 18, 2012
Description:
It was a bad day at the mine. At least it looked bad from overhead. The scene did lead me to some really hypothetical postulations, including that the big dragline pulled just a little too hard and the ground under it collapsed.
The insurance company will look at the operator. He was dredging on the starboard side at a pretty big angle. “Was he properly monitoring the angle and dragline tension?”
“Of course I was monitoring the angles and line tension. It was on scale and within parameters. Who knew there was a big hole under the machine?”
The geologist is probably in a bit a trouble for that. He didn’t find the underground cavern during the drilling program to define the deposit.
He will blame the accountants. They didn’t budget enough money to adequately test the mine. The drill hole spacing was much wider than prudent. And, they wouldn’t provide any money for geophysics that would have provided much better coverage of the underground deposits.
“It’s a rock mine. Rocks are underground. We don’t need to spend a lot of money to figure that out.”
The one hundred million dollar machine is significantly damaged. The accountants may take notice when they get the next insurance bill.
The good news is no one was hurt. The safety guys immediately jumped into action and put a couple of orange cones out in case other workers couldn’t see the edge of the hole.
The operator secured the big machine with a single cable attached to one of the support stands. I’m sure he didn’t worry about calculating the maximum rating of the cable in securing the 1000 ton machine. He probably didn’t pay too much attention to the stress cracks in the ground around his cab either. If there is more settlement, that line will snap like a rubber band.
When a line like that snaps you don’t want to be anywhere close. I maintained a prudent distance overhead while casually pondering someone else’s problem.
Date Taken:
Dec 18, 2012
Place Taken:
Wildwood, FL
Owner:
Dan Nickens
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517, SeaRey Scenes
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Don Maxwell - Dec 18,2012
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Looks like a job for Cranemasters! (<a href="http://www.cranemasters.com/">http://www.cranemasters.com/</a>
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Frank A. Carr - Dec 18,2012
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Don't ya just hate it when your day turns out like this?
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Kenneth Leonard - Dec 18,2012
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Just imagine the ride as it was going over!
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Joe Varner - Dec 18,2012
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Yep, I bet the operator had several choice words as it was going over. I <br />don't think the local tow truck service is going to get that monster out of <br />that hole.
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Thomas Brooks - Dec 19,2012
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Dan. Are you going ot go down there and tell them what they did wrong and then tell them what should be done to correct the problem?? Hey Dan.. I thought you were going to be at the South Pole at this time. Home early?
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Dan Nickens - Dec 19,2012
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I'm pretty sure the mine's accountants and lawyers wouldn't be happy about me splashing down on their ponds in the SeaRey in support of the geologist, Thomas. And, I am home early. And, yes, there is a story to be told!
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