EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK. HE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND HE ALLEDGES THAT HE HURT HIS BACK.
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Showing all 4EMPL WAS LEAVING JOB SITE AT END OF SHIFT HE WAS TRAVELING ON HAUL ROAD GOING DOWN MAIN HILL. HE HIT COAL TRUCK HEAD ON. EMPL STATED THAT VISIBILITY WAS BAD. EMPL OBTAINED BRUISED HAND & SOME BACK PAIN.
I NAME BRAKE ON3ENGINE MALFUNDTIONED.DRIVER JUMPED FROM HIS COAL TRUCK AND ROLLED IN THE DITCH.THE TRUCK TRAVELED ABOUT 300 MORE FT.AND LANDED IN THE DITCH.THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON MONDAY 9/15/ 86 AND THE COAL3TRUCK DRIVER RETURNED ON WEDNESDAY 9/17/86 TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO HIS COAL TRUCK.
OPERATOR WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN FROM 992 LOADER. THE WORK AREA WAS ALL ON ONE ELEVATION. THE DUMP SITE WAS ' 200\ ACROSS AN ACESS ROAD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DUMP SITE. THE OPERATOR HAD BEE N DUMPING ' 12\FROM THIS ACESS ROAD. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE OPERATOR MISJUDGED HIS PREVUIOUS SET OF TRACKS. HE BACKED THE ROCK TRUCKS LEFT TIRE INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF T HE TRACKS THUS