D9H DOZER WAS RIPPING APPROX 3 1/2 FT OF PERMAFROST FOR A SCRAPER ROAD TO UPPER LEVEL OF PIT #4 PROPOSED ROAD WAS APPROX 180 FT FROM EXISTING HIGHWALL DOZER SLID SIDEWAYS WIHT RIPPER IN GROUN D APPROX 8 IN IT WAS SO HARD OPERATOR COULD NOT GET RIPPER ANY DEEPER IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO HOLD DOZER OPERATOR JUMPED OFF DOZER SLID TO HIGHWALL AND OVER IT APPROX 35 FT
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January 11, 1985
CO · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Rockcastle Company · Fall from machine
August 21, 1984
CO · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Rockcastle Company · Struck against a moving object
OPERATOR WAS BACKING DOZER RAN OVER A ROCK, JAMMED SHOULDER AND NECK
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