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Warning after boom foot kicks cab window

Rock breaking hazards highlighted after excavator fail.

Karma Barndon
Left: Inboard boom ear failure. Right: Damaged rock mesh and broken window.

Left: Inboard boom ear failure. Right: Damaged rock mesh and broken window.

The excavator was breaking rocks on a stockpile when one of the boom supports failed, which caused it to slide off its support pin and smash through the side window of the cab. The foot of the boom...

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