Early in my welding career the logging co i was working for sent myself ,a couple of mechanics and the dealers field mechanic in to camp to change out the centre pin bushing and the actual boss that holds the bushing in on a 7220 American log loader . We had the right jacks ,a big beam to go across the front of the house and a pile of new 8"X8" timbers for cribbing all sent in to camp on the barge . All pre planned based on dealers instructions.
Long story short we got it jacked clear of the carbody ,ready to roll out the undercarraige. 3 cribs under the counterweight. A piece of timber split and one side crib collapsed and the machine crashed down just like the mine shovel above and sat on the counterweight.
No one was hurt .No investigation as it was obvious how it happened,just another oh F#*k moment . next task was to raise it back up which we did with help from a D9 that was parked by the shop.Grabbed some 3' dia butt ends and used them for blocking. Continued on and completed the repair reassembled the shovel which went back work with no other problems .
Those old Americans were built super heavy duty ,just the way shovels were back then.They could take i hit like that and keep working. Im wondering if that mine shovel has any of those extremely robust qualities built into it and will recover from this without excessive damage. Hopefully for the mining co she gets jacked back up swept off and passes a good inspection . Then they can carry on with the repairs they set out to do at first. Maybe im way off on this call ,but fingers crossed for them.