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While dumping a load of coal, the truck was leaning too much to the passenger side resulting in both truck & trailer to overturn onto the passenger side.
Machine operator was adjusting seat and lowered seat catching fingertip in seat housing resulting in laceration of finger and breaking of metacarpal of finger.
Employee attempted to drop out 29 empty rail cars from empty track to 40. He could not control cars - went by 40 and through crossing into load track, thus colliding with 28 loaded cars. 1) weather wet & rainy. 2) Employee did not follow policy in that he brought 29 empty cars when policy calls for a maximum of 12 cars per 1 dropper.
Operator was dumping a load of rock in the hollow fill when the load caught in the tailgate causing the cab of the truck to overturn. Laceration to his left arm which required 4 stitches to close.
TRUCK CROSSING RR TRACKS AND WAS HIT BY TRAIN ENGINE. DRIVER WAS THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK, A BROKE TOE & LACERATIONS TO FOREHEADF. DRIVERSAID HE COULDN'T SEE ENGIN E UNTIL HE WAS ON THE TRACK. WHEN HE SAW THE TRAIN HE STOPPED & TRIED TO BACK UP. AN UNCOUPLED TRAIN ON THE OTHER TRACK WAS BLOCKING HIS VIEW.