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Employee was running scoop. Ran over rock in roadway, jamming his head against scoop canopy.
The brakes went out on the scoop the employee was operating and hit the rib. The employee hit his head on the canopy.
Running shuttle car, slid against rib, caught arm between shuttle car and rib.
Mantrip was bringing crew outside. When mantrip went around a turn a jack slid or fell over striking employee's lower right leg.
Tramining scoop to section going down hill, applied brakes and did not have any, went into rib.
EE was riding mantrip-hit dips in track-jarring caused injury.
OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR, WHEEL DROPPED INTO HOLEIN THE ROADWAY.
TRAMMING SHUTTLE CAR AND HIT A HOLE IN THE MINE FLOOR.
TURNED AROUND IN SHUTTLE CAR.
HE WAS SITTING IN ROCK TRUCK BEING LOADED WHEN AROCK ROLLED AND HIT SIDE OF BED CAUSING ELBOW TOHIT ARM REST.
DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK BEFORE TRUCK TURNED OVER, AFTER INVESTIGATION TRUCK WAS FOUND IN THIRD GEAR WHEN IT NEEDED TO BE IN FIRST & LOW TO COME OFF HILL SLOWLY ENOUGHT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO RIDE THE BRAKES.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A ROUGH AREAIN THE ROADWAY AND WAS JARRED AROUND IN THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.
WHILE OPERATING MANBUS COLIDED WITH LOW BOY. MOTOR WAS PULLING LOW BOY UP VECHILE AND BEGAN SLIDING BACKWARDS INJURED COULD NOT STOP. FAILURE TO TRAVEL WITHOUT ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE.
HAD CLEANED DUMP ARE AT FEEDER AS EE WAS PULLINGAWAY FROM FEEDER, SCOOP BECAME DISABLED. SHUTTLECAR APPROACHED FROM AROUND A 90DEG XCUT & STRUCKREA END OF SCOOP CAUSING INJ TO BE JARRED AROUND IN OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. AWARENESS, FAILURE TO OBSERVE A FACTOR
OPERATING MOTOR, COMING DOWN HILL, MOTOR STARTED TO SLIDE & STRUCK SCOOP CAR WITH TAIL PIECE IN BUCKET. HE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TAIL PIECE ROLLER & MOTOR FRAME. MOTOR BRAKES WERE OPERABLE. FAIL URE TO FOLLOW AT A SAFE DISTANCE WAS CAUSE.
FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR PICKED UP BUCKET OF SHOT MATERIAL AND DUMPED IN ROCK TRUCK. THE BUCKET OF SHOT HAD A ROCK IN IT, WHICH THE LOADER OPERATOR DIDN'T KNOW WAS IN THE BUCKET; IT JARRED T HE TRUCK. HE DID NOT START LOSING TIME FROM WORK UNTIL 7/25/00.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE TRAMWAY, CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED AGAINST THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR; JOB SKILLS NOT A FACTOR; PROTECTIVE ITEMS NOT A FACTOR. AWARENESS, FAILURE TO OBSERVE A FACTOR. DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 8/1/00.
HE STATED THAT WHILE RUNNING LOADER IN TIGHT SHOT, LOADER HIT BOTTOM AND JERKED HIM. BACK WAS STIFF AND SORE WITH PAIN RADIATING DOWN LEGS. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 5/9/00. HIS LAST DAY WO RKED WAS 5/5/00.
THE LEFT LIFT CYLINDER HYDRAULIC HOSE BLEW CAUSING LO9ADED BUCKET TO DROP HITTING TAIL OF TRUCK BED.
DISABLE BATTEY MANBUS WAS LODED ON LOWBOY, OTHER MOTOR COULD NOT PULL IT UP INCLINE. INJURED APPROACED TO ASSIST PUSHING IT UP INLCINE, THE MOTOR COUPLER WENT UNDER THE COUPLER OF THE MAN BUS CAUSING INJURED TOP PINCH FINGER BETWEEN FRAM EOF MOTOR AND FRAME OF MANBUS.