Fire, explosion at Syncrude plant north of Fort McMurray

Been there, done that. I think it was the same plant that blew when I worked there. We were in ATCO trailers just 200m from that upgrader when it blew.

Wouldn't be the oilsands if something big didn't explode up there at least once a year.

Or someone running a stop sign on a mining road.

Which one ran the stop sign?

The pickup. Mining trucks always have the right of way because they can't see you, but you can see them.

It's the first thing you learn, the first hour of the first day during safety orientation. Before you are allowed on site, you have to have the training.

The pickup. Mining trucks always have the right of way because they can't see you, but you can see them.

It's the first thing you learn, the first hour of the first day during safety orientation. Before you are allowed on site, you have to have the training.
I've driven an articulated rock truck those are hard to stop but a mining truck can't even imagine. The safety bitch (nick-name) must have ripped the driver of the tin can a good one.

The pickup. Mining trucks always have the right of way because they can't see you, but you can see them.

It's the first thing you learn, the first hour of the first day during safety orientation. Before you are allowed on site, you have to have the training.
I've driven an articulated rock truck those are hard to stop but a mining truck can't even imagine. The safety bitch (nick-name) must have ripped the driver of the tin can a good one.

Nope. The driver would have been fired and escorted off site immediately. They tell you that in the safety orientation. You run a stop, you get fired on the spot.

But that was a test specifically for the safety presentation. There wasn't a driver in the pickup. They specifically took the biggest pickup truck on site at the time and ran if over to show people why you don't fart around on site. Because then, you die.

And I've known a few people who drove those trucks, and apparently they are pretty easy to drive. Hard to back up though. It's cool for the first 4 hours, then it gets boring for the next 10 years. But the money is good!

Those drivers are first in line to be eliminated though when the automated driverless trucks start appearing. Hope they enjoy it while they can.

That's the way the world works. Can't find anyone to do the job, automate it. Even with the good pay, and 12 hour shifts and 4 on 4 off work weeks, they had trouble finding people to drive the trucks.