DRILL HAVING FI3ISHED SERVICE FOR MINE,MOVED TO DESIGNATED PARKING AREA FRO MAINTENANCE SUBJECT RAISED 35'LONG DRILL TOWER INTO HIGHEST POSITION.AT THIS TIME WITH HAND STILL ON STILL ON TOWER CONTROL,UPPERM2ST POINT OF TOWER TOUCHED POWER CO 46,000 VOLT MAIN LINE INTO SUB-STATION.
MOVING LOCOMOTIVE TRAVELING NORTH AT APPROX. 3-4 MPH. AN EYE WITNESS STATED HE WAS HOLDING A WALKIE-TALKIE RADIO (JOB RELATED) UP TO HIS RIGHT EAR AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. HE WAS HIT, BOUNCED UP WARD APPROX. THREE FEET, FELL, AND WAS ROLLED UNDER THE TRAIN.
DRIVER LEFT THE ENGINE ON DRIVER DISMOUNTED TRUCK THE TRUCK SUDDENLY ACELAERATED AND DRIVER WAS RUN OVER BY REAR LEFT TIRES APPORXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM POINT UNDER THE LOADING BIN TRUCK TRAVE APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET MORE WHERE IT WAS STOPPED BY A DITCH NEXT TO HAULING ROAD TRUCK WAS RUNNING IN FIRST GEAR AND ALL BRAKES WERE ENGAGED NO OTHER INJURIES INVOLVED
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