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AS EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING TRUCK INTO POSITION TO DUM P FILL MATERIAL FOR REDAURATION ACTIVITIES, THE ROADWAY BROKE AWAY CAUSING THE TRUCK TO TURN OVER. THIS CAUSED A LACERATED UPPER LIP AND LACE RATED LEFT ARM WHICH RECEIVED FIVE STITCHES.
EE WAS SERVICING LOADER WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT GOT IN HIS EYE, CAUSING A SCRATCH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING TO FILL AREA WHEN HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD THAT CAUSED HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE TRUCK CAB.
EE HAD REMOVED SIDE PANEL ON DOZER. AS HE PICKED IT UP TO REPLACE IT, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE PICKED UPA BUCKET OF SHOT ROCK. A LARGE ROCK SLIPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET CAUSING THE LOADER TO BOUNCE QUITE SEVERELY. HE WAS SLUNG INTO THE SIDE OF THE CAB COMPARTMENT CAUSING LACERATIONSA TO THE HEAD. DR.'S APPLIED 8 STAPLES TO CLOSE WOUND.
EE WAS HAULING SPOIL TO FILL AREA. TRUCK SLID SIDEWAYS AS HE APPROACHED THE FILL AREA & THEN CAUGHT ON DRY MATERIAL CAUSING TRUCK TO FLIP. EE WAS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT AND HE WAS THROWN FROM TRUCK INFLICTING BRUISES ON HIS HEAD, NECK, CHEST AND LEFT LEG.
OPERATOR WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER ON 777B BACKDUMP IN ORDER TO CLEAN THE HEADLIGHTS. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.
EE HAD BEEN BRUSHING IN THE HOLLOW FILL WHEN A TREE LIMB HIT AND BROKE HYDRAULIC LINE TO THE BLAD TILT JACK. EE WAS ASSISTING THE MECHANIC--CHANGING HYDRAULIC LINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF THE PUSH ARM. HE LANDED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING COAL TRUCKS FROM THE STOCKPILE AT THE CRUSHER. AFTER HE HAD LOADED A TRUCK HE SHIFTED THE LOADER INTO REVERSE AND LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER, WHEN HE DID THIS HE FE LT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT PAR OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING MECHANIC ON REPAIRS TO HIS TRUCK (777C BACK DUMP). AS HE STARTED TO CLIMB DOWN THE ACCESS LADDER ON FRONT OF TRUCK HE FELL TO THE GROUND.