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Employee was driving unit 15, the truck was loaded going up the hill, employee broke the left front axle. The truck rolled back a little towards hill. Employee steered truck into the bank and it flipped once.
Employee was in the grease truck when it slid over an embankment and turned over hurting his lower back.
EE was operating IT 28G, when he hit a hole, jarring his neck.
Employee was in 988f. when the loader went in a hole causing him pain to his back.
Large rock teetered the loader forward, then the rock fell out of the bucket, dropping the back of the loader. Jarring injury to EE's back, ribs and neck.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING LOADED BY A 992 ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE BOOM DROPPED, CAUSING HIM LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEES SHIFT ENDED AND HE WAS LEAVING WORK. EMPLOYEE WAS ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD AND HIT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HEAD ON.
EE WAS DUMPING OVERBURDEN WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO TURN OVER. THE TRUCK TURNING OVER CAUSED MULTIPLE CUTS TO VARIOUS AREAS OF HIS BODY, HE BROKE 4 RIBS AS WELL. EE WA S X-RAYED, GOT STITCHES, MEDICATION & WAS ADMITTED.
EE WAS DRIVING HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE WINDOW FELL ON HIS LEFT PINKY. EE WAS X RAYED TREATED AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.
EMPLOYEE THINKS HE HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE ROAD, CAUSING HIS ROCK TRUCK TO BOUNCE HIM AROUND. ACCORDING TO HIS DR. THIS LIGAMENT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WAS TORN FORM A PREVIOUS INJURY BUT THIS A CCIDENT TORE IT AGAIN.
EE WAS WAITING TO BE LOADED WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED THE BUCKET INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE JAR CAUSED HIS AIR SEAT TO BOTTOM OUT INJURING HIS BACK.
EE WAS WAITING TO GET HIS ROCK TRUCK LOADED WHEN THE LOADER MAN DUMPED HIS BUCKET INTO THE ROCK TRUCK A LARGE ROCK FELL INTO THE BED CAUSING IT TO JAR HIM FROM HIS SEAT TO THE FLOOR OF THE ROC K TRUCK.
EE WAS LOADING COAL FROM THE PIT WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL. IT BROKE THE WINDOW & SHATTERED GLASS CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.
AFTER THE EMPLOYEE'S ROCK TRUCK WAS LOADED HE STARTED DRIVING AWAY, BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING THE ROAD HE DROVE DIRECTLY INTO THE HIGHWALL.
COAL TRUCK WRECK. NO 1 TRUCK LOADER WITH COAL APPARENTLY CAME THROUGH A CURVE AT THE 2 MILE MARKER ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING THE TRUCK INJURED WAS DRIVING.
CONTRACTOR'S DRIVER EXITED COAL PIT ACCESSING HAUL ROAD. DRIVER STATED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED A JUVENILE ON A 4 WHEELER COMING TOWARD HIM DOWN GRADE. DRIVER STATED THAT HE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE 4 WHEELER CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ENTER THE ROAD DITCH AND TIP OVER. THE TRUCK SUSTAINED SUPERFICIAL COSMETIC DAMAGE.
OUR LOADER MAN WAS LOADING OVERBURDEN INTO INJURED'S TRUCK WHEN A LARGE TREE STUMP ROLLED OUT OF THE BUCKET STRIKING THE TRUCK DOOR AND CAUSING IT TO CAVE IN ON HIS. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS H E HAS BRUISING TO HIS LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER BUT IS COMPLAINING WITH HIS HEAD AND NECK. HE WAS REFERRED TO ANOTHER DR. TODAY.