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EMPLOYEE DRIVING GREASE TRUCK UP HAUL ROAD RAMP FROM PIT, DROVE OVER SLICK SPOT FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK. TRUCK SLID BACKWARDS DOWN RAMP, HIT SAFETY BERM AND TURNED ON ITS SIDE.
FUEL TRUCK GOT STUCK GOIKNG DOWN HAUL RAMP TO PIT DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. DOZER PULLED FUEL TRUCK OUT. FUEL TRUCK SLID INTO DOZER RIPPER, PINNED TRUCK DRIVER INTO SEAT. TH FUEL TRUCK WAS UNC HAINED ON THE RAMP AND NOT PULLED COMPLETELY OFF OF RAMP PRIOR TO TAKING TOW CHAIN OFF.
SCRAPER SLID OFF DIRT BERM AND JARRED BACK WHEN IT HIT SOLID GROUND ABOUT 1 1/2 FT BELOW WORKED 2/20 SCHEDULED TO BE OFF 2/21 WENT TO DR FIRST DAY OFF OF WORK WAS 2/24/97.
DRIVING TRACTOR TO PIT ON HAUL ROAD WITH HAND ON FENDER OF TRACTOR. ROCK MUST HAVE LODGED IN TIRE TREAD, MASHED FINGER BETWEEN FENDER AND ROCK.
OPERATOR WAS RUNNING A SCRAPER, WHEN IT WENT INTO A LARGE HOLE. WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF ON BOWL LEVER IN SCRAPER, HE JAMMED HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER THE FUEL TRUCK LOOKING AT THE LINKAGE ON THE PTO LEVER. WHEN HE CRAWLED OUT, HE RAISED UP UNDER THE PTO SHAFT WHICH WAS IN GEAR AND TURNING. IT HOOKED HIS PANTS PULLING THIM OFF AND CAUSING BRUISING AND BURNS TO HIS INNER, UPPER THIGHS.