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TRUCK HAD BROKEN DOWN,DRIVER WAS DRIFTING DOWN HILL WHEN TRUCK GOT AWAY AND TURNED OVER.
SNOW WAS EXTREMELY DEEP (APPROX. 2 1/2'). HE WAS CHECKING PH OF POND 015. AFTER CHECKING THE POND, HE NOTICED THAT THE CAUSTIC LINE TREATING THE POND HAD BEEN CUT AND WAS PROCEEDING TO THE CUT OFF VALUE ON THE TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE DEEP SNOW AND HIS KNEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH SOME SNOW THAT HAD BEEN SATURATED FROM THE LEAK. HE RECEIVED A CHEMICAL BURN TO THE LOWER LEFT LEG.
HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER WHILE MOUNTING A 777B ROCK TRUCK. INJURED SUFFERED A ABDOMINAL MUSCLE STRAIN. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT BECOME LOST TIME UNTIL 3-29-93.
FELL OFF STEP, CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM TO KEEP FROM FALLING ONTO GROUND. RIGHT ARM NUMB.
INJURED WAS GREASING HIS TRUCK. WHEN HE BEGAN TO TURN THE DRIVELINE, HE JAMMED HIS THUMB. INJURED SAW A DOCTOR ON 9/10/91 AT WHICH TIME IT BECAME A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT.
COMING OFF STRIP @ BLACK CASTLE SURFACE MINE-LOADED W/COLA-BRAKES BECAME HOT-COULD NOT HOLD TRUCK-AND FLIPPED OVER ON LEFT SIDE.
INJURED NOTICED THAT THE SUN IRRITATED HIS RIGHT EYE WHEN HE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE SHUT HIS EYES FOR A WHILE. BECAUSE THEY WERE STILL HURTING, HE WENT TO A DOCTOR. H E WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST THE FOLLOWING DAY AT WHICH TIME A FOREIGN OBJECT WAS REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.
LIFTING TIRE ON TRUCK, BACK WENT OUT.
WALKING A 55 GAL. DRUM OF HYDRAULIC FUEL, THE DRUM SLIPPED & HE REACHED TO GRAB THE DRUM AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SIDE.
MECHANIC WORKING ON REAR-END DRIVER WALKING BY METAL FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE.
FOOT SLIPPED OFF BUMPER OF TRUCK,FELL,JARRING BACK AND SHOULDER.
TREE FELL ON HIS BACK.
CHANGING AIR FILTER LOST FOOTING SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND BREAKING ARM
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 5 GAL. GREASE BUCKET AND PULLED NECK AND BACK MUSCLE.
FELL OFF BACK OF TRAILER ONTO COAL PILE,INJURED HEAD AND RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF COAL DUMP TRAILER ABOUT 5FT HIT FUEL TANK & THEN THE GROUND INJURING RIGHT SIDE
C & H DRIVER WAS COMING DOWN THE HILL, APPROACHING TRUCK IN FRONT TO CLOSE. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN, THEN THE TRUCK STARTED SPEEDING BACK UP AND HE LOST THE AIR PRESSURE A ND RAN INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HIM.
ROCKS THROWN FROM BOTH SIDES OF ROAD BY PICKETS AND A CAR WAS PUSHED OUT IN FRONT OF INCOMING TRUCK. SECOND TRUCK STRUCK FIRST TRUCK IN REAR.
ROCKS THROWN FROM BOTH SIDES OF ROAD BY PICKETS AND A CAR WAS PUSHED OUT IN FRONT OF INCOMING TRUCK - TRUCK 2 STRUCK I.NAME'S TRUCK IN REAR.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO TRUCK, SLIPPED AND HIT KNEE ON STEP.
TRUCK STARTED DWON LONG HILL DRIVER TRIED TO CHANGE GEARS LOWER AND GOT IN GEAR