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EE was in the process of dumping a tri-axle load of coal when the truck tipped over. the ee suffered a laceration to his right ear.
Unloading tri-axle dump truck when the hoist broke through the bed causing the employee to bounce into top of the cab.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A CHUTE WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE WHEN THE CHUTE MOVED AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE CHUTE AND SEPARATOR.
INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN R-50 TRUCK WHEN HE HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK HIS ARM.
THE DRIVER OF A ROCK TRUCK FELL ASLEEP AND RAN AHEAD ON INTO ANOTHER ROCK TRUCK.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.
EMPTY TRUCK WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT WHEN IT SLID INTO A LOADED TRUCK COMING OUT OF THE PIT. SNOW AND ICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WHICH RESULTED IN A NECK STRAIN TO OUR EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE CAB OF HIS ROCK TRUCK WHILE GETTING LOADED WITH SHOT ROCK.A LARGE ROCK FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE SHOVEL AND HIT THE SIDEOF THE TRUCK CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO HIT HIS HEA D AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAB.
A RISH EQUIPMENT MECHANIC PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK INTO THE PIT NEXT TO A HITACHI SHOVEL. AFTER MECHANIC WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE SHOVEL, THE MECHANIC GOT INTO HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY . THE SHOVEL OPERATOR STARTED THE SHOVEL AND SWUNG AROUND BEFORE THE MECHANIC WAS CLEAR. THE SHOVEL'S COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK THE CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK INJURING THE MECHANIC.