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DRIVING FLATBED WITH PRESSURE WASHER MOUNTED ON BED FROM JOB SITE TO SHOP WHEN STEERING FAILED CAUSING TRUCK TO RUN UP ONTO DIRT BARRIER & CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP.

HE WAS OPERATING WABCO END DUMP WHEN HE SAW STEAM COMING OUT OF RADIATOR. HE THEN STOPPED TRUC & GOT OUT & REMOVED RADIATOR CAP GETTING STRUCK ON RIGHT ARM BY ESCAPING STEAM.

EMP. WAS WALKING ALONG SIDE OF A COAL TRUCK NEAR THE PREP PLANT WHEN A STONE POPPED OUT FROM UNDER TIRE AND FLEW UP, STRIKING EMP. JUNDER RIGHT EYE. THIS ACC. DID NOT INVOLVE A VIOLATION OF R ULES AND REGULATIONS OR JOB SKILLS, MINER PROFICIENCY, TRAINING AND ATTITUDE.

HE WAS OPERATING LOADER IN CUT KNOCKING LOOSE ROCKS FROM HIGHWALL WITH BUCKET. WHEN HE PUT LOADER IN REVERSE TO CLEAN UP MATERIAL HE HAD KNOCKED DOWN ROCK FELL FROM HIGHWALL HITTING TOP OF BUCKET & BOUNCED OVER BACK & CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD RESULTING IN OPERATOR BEING HIT WITH BROKEN GLASS & ROCK CUTTING HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

WAS OPERATING L2ADER WITH BUCKET IN RAISED POSITION WHEN APPROACHING TRUCK (CAT 773B) WAS PULLING IN UNDER BUCKET TO GET LOADED AND STRUCK LOADER ARM UPSETTING LOADER.