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Worker was fatally injured while driving a CAT 769C Water Truck along a standard mine haul road, returning to the water stand to re-fill the water tank. The water truck drifted left, onto the berm, travelling approximately 160' before "cartwheeling" and ejecting the worker. The worker does not appear to have been wearing the supplied seat belt.

The employee had backed under a feed chute to get a load. He dismounted the truck to activate the feed belt. He mounted the truck and moved it to spread the load evenly as it filled. He dismounted the truck to shut off the feeder and the truck rolled forward, pinning him between the truck and a cement pillar.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK ON THE 1525 LEVEL. HE BACKED INTO THE 3475 ACCESS TO AN OPEN STOPE AND WENT OVER THE EDGE. HE WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE DURING THE FALL AND FELL APP ROXIMATELY 75' ONTO THE ROCKS BELOW. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY.

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 1625 LEVEL-3375 ACCESS. A LOADED 30-TON HAUL TRUCK BACKED INTO A SPACE OCCUPIED BY A 22 TON HAUL TRUCK COPNTACTING THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND RESULTING IN CRUS HING INJURIES TO THE OPERATOR. ER CAR WAS PROVIDED AT THE SCENE AND THE EE WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

DARKNESS, POOR VISIBILITY, HIGH BERM, MECHANIC VEHICLE RUN INTO AND RUN OVER BY HAUL TRUCK.

EE APPROACHED BERM IN REVERSE TO UNLOAD HAUL TRUCK ON 5450 BAZZA DUMP. THE TRUCK WENT UP AND THROUGH THE BERM. THE TRUCK THEN ROLLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DUMP AND UPON IMPACT, BURST INTO FLAME S. EE REAMINED IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. THE FIREWAS FOUGHT BY AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM FOR TWO HOURS.

EQUIPMENT TRAVELING DOWN HILL SPRAYING WATER. IT GAINED SPEED VEERED OFF COURSE TRAVELED ACROSS 2 DOZER CUTS 18 INCHES DEEP. REAR TIRES HIT LAST CUT DRIVER EJECTED FROM EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LAN DED ON GROUND CRUSHED BY L REAR TIRE

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN HOOKING A CHAIN UP BETWEEN A PICKUP AN DA LIFTALL FORKLIFT. THE FORKLIFT ROLLED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE.