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EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SPOIL FROM COAL PIT TO SPOIL AREA IN 777 ROCK TRUCK. WHILE ROCK TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED IN PIT AREA, A ROCK WAS DUMPED FROM LOADER BUCKET INTO BODY OF TRUCK. EMPLOYEE STATE D THAT ROCK STRIKING BODY OF TRUCK CAUSED TRAMA TO NECK AND BACK.
FUEL TRUCK WAS BEING TOWED INTO PLACE WITH A WENCH AND A DOZER BEHIND IT. THE WENCH DOZER DEVELOPED SLACK. THE TRUCK ROLLED BACK AGAINST THE BLADE OF THE DOZER. THE EE HAD A MILD WHIPLASH.
EE WAS OPERATING TRUCK ON AN INCLINE ROADWAY AS THE TRUCK GAINED GRADE THE LOAD SHIFTED CAUSING THE TRUCKS FRONT WHEEL TO BECOME ELEVATED. THE EE WAS REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS LOW ERED BACK DOWN. THE EE REFUSED TO GO TO A DR. HOWEVER HE DID NOT REPORT TO HIS NEXT SHIFT WHEN CONTACTED AT HOME HE SAID HE DID NOT NEED TO GO TO THE DR.
INJURED PARTY SAID LOADER MAN PUT A LARGE ROCK ON THE TRUCK, AS THE LOADER WAS BACKING AWAY THE ROCK SHIFTED WHICH IN TURN SHOOK THE DRIVER. HE SAID IT HURT HIS NECK & LT. ARM.
FOREMAN ENTERED PIT AREA IN A PICK-UP TRUCK. LOADER WAS PILING COAL IN PIT AREA. LOADER BACKED UP WITHOUT OBSERVING FOREMAN/TRUCK. LOADER BACKED INTO TRUCK CAUSING FOREMAN TO BE THROWN ACROSS INTERIOR OF PICK-UP TRUCK, STRIKING OPPOSIRE DOOR. ACCIDENT CAUSED TRAUMA AND BRUISING TO HIP, LEG, AND BACK OF FOREMAN.