Australian man trapped in dam with just nose above water

 

SYDNEY: -- An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a dam.

 

Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney.

 

When an embankment gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar on the three-tonne excavator.

 

His shouts were eventually heard 500m away by a neighbour, who sought help.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38902977

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2017-02-09

ironic, traped by a ROPS  (roll over protective structure),designed to save him incase of an accident just like this.

pity he wasnt wearing his seat belt tho , it would have saved him .

12 minutes ago, sirmud63 said:

ironic, traped by a ROPS  (roll over protective structure),designed to save him incase of an accident just like this.

pity he wasnt wearing his seat belt tho , it would have saved him .

Saved him from what?

1 minute ago, Chicog said:

Saved him from what?

near drowning , thats what.

lucky chap

11 minutes ago, sirmud63 said:

near drowning , thats what.

 

Really?

 

So how does that work?

Being strapped into his seat as well as being stuck in a safety cage would have saved him from near drowning.
 

Er......

he was throwen out of the seat and traped under the ROPS  when it rolled.

if he was wearing the seat belt ,he would have stayed in the machine ,unclipped the seat belt and walked away.

thats what they are designed to do , just the same as in a car. gettit?

Aaaaaah I see what you mean now.

1 hour ago, sirmud63 said:

he was throwen out of the seat and traped under the ROPS  when it rolled.

if he was wearing the seat belt ,he would have stayed in the machine ,unclipped the seat belt and walked away.

thats what they are designed to do , just the same as in a car. gettit?

 

sirmud have you any experience of excavators tipping over???

I think not, if you had you would not be rabbiting on about safety belt and rops bar.

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

sirmud have you any experience of excavators tipping over???

I think not, if you had you would not be rabbiting on about safety belt and rops bar.

i think so pal . retired after 40 years as a self employed contract diesel fitter ,working in ozz mines. can safely say iv seen my fair share, not usually tonka toys like this one .

dare say i know more than most ,and certainly more than you .

now you can stop pissing in my ear, and crawl back into your hole.

5 hours ago, Chicog said:

Aaaaaah I see what you mean now.

yes, one without the other is useless.  in a rollover ,a seat belt without a ROPS will kill you ,break your back or neck. a ROPS without a seat belt ,as you have just seen , can be just as deadly. in ozz they are required by law to fitted to all machinery,  from farm tractors up to D11s.

32 minutes ago, sirmud63 said:

i think so pal . retired after 40 years as a self employed contract diesel fitter ,working in ozz mines. can safely say iv seen my fair share, not usually tonka toys like this one .

dare say i know more than most ,and certainly more than you .

now you can stop pissing in my ear, and crawl back into your hole.

 

My mother always taught me if you cannot say something nice do not say anything at all.

Obviously  you were not brought up properly.

Also for your information you do not know more than me, as i have over 46 years experience on all types of excavators,

Wheeled tracked, still have my UK tickets for wheeled/ tracked excavators, dumpers, rollers, moxys, drag lines.

Had my own excavators for 29 years, so i think after that i know what i am talking about.

Much more experience than a damn grease monkey.

Anyway  Guys what was that Donkey doing to let that Mini Excavator fall into the dam in the 1st Place,

 

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I see we have many experts here. I do agree about the seat belt theory...

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

My mother always taught me if you cannot say something nice do not say anything at all.

Obviously  you were not brought up properly.

Also for your information you do not know more than me, as i have over 46 years experience on all types of excavators,

Wheeled tracked, still have my UK tickets for wheeled/ tracked excavators, dumpers, rollers, moxys, drag lines.

Had my own excavators for 29 years, so i think after that i know what i am talking about.

Much more experience than a damn grease monkey.

and a pretty rich grease monkey at that. alot more money in fixing your f#@k ups, than owning them  .  lol.  

and only 29 years? iv forgotten more than youve ever knowen mate .

im an ozzie  ,we werent brought up , we were draged up , the hard way.

so, as an owner ,that just makes you a gloryfied operator?

but your right tho ,without operators,blokes like me wouldnt have a business.55555555. 

oh, an just maybe you should have listened to your good old mums advice  

Edited February 9, 20179 yr by sirmud63

Was enjoying the banter between Colineil and sirmud63, but since the latter has let us all know how rich he is....I declare Colineil the winner !

12 hours ago, sirmud63 said:

and a pretty rich grease monkey at that. alot more money in fixing your f#@k ups, than owning them  .  lol.  

and only 29 years? iv forgotten more than youve ever knowen mate .

im an ozzie  ,we werent brought up , we were draged up , the hard way.

so, as an owner ,that just makes you a gloryfied operator?

but your right tho ,without operators,blokes like me wouldnt have a business.55555555. 

oh, an just maybe you should have listened to your good old mums advice  

I used to dream about living in a cardboard box!