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EMP WAS OPERATING A BATTERY SCOOP IN THE REVERSEDIRECTION. HAD LOADED 13' CROSSBAR INTO BUCKET. CROSSBAR HIT COAL RIB AND CAUSED CROSSBAR TO SLIDE FROM BUCKET INTO SCOOP DECK STRIKING EMP IN M OUTH.
OPERATOR CONFUSED THE PEDALS IN THE TRUCK HE WAS OPERATING. THE OPERATOR HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, BUT IN THE CONFUSION, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK TRAVELED 125 YARDS BEFORE I T OVERTURNED AND CAME TO REST CAUSING THE OPERATOR TO SUFFER A MILD CONCUSSION.
I.NAME RECEIVED3A CUT ON HIS HEAD WHILE OPERATING THE SCOOP THERE WAS REDUCED CLEARANCE DUE TO A ROLL IN THE PAVEMENT 32 IN NORMAL HEIGHT IS 36 IN OPERATOR LOOKED OVER SCOOP TO OBSERVE CLEARA NCE AND STRUCK 2IS HEAD ON THE ROOF CAUSING A CUT OF THE HEAD