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August 11, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
ACG Materials · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DRIVING THE HAUL PAK & THE WATER TRUCK, WATERING THE ROAD TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN, EE HAD DROPPED TOO MUCH WATER CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO HILLSIDE OUT OF CONTROL

November 20, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Homestead Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS ORE CONTROL. CAUGHT A RIDE WITH THE HAUL PAK DRIVER TO GO TO LUNCH. EMPLOYEE WAS IN JUMP SEAT BUT DID NOT HAVE HIS SEAT BELT FASTENED. DRIVER MISJUDGED AVAILABLE ROOM O N HAUL ROAD WHEN A LOADER WAS TRAVELING ON SAME ROAD BUT OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OPERATOR ERROR CAUSED THE HAUL TRUCK DRIVER TO REACT BY PUTTING IN REV. TO ASSIST DECELERATION, TURNING OVER TRUCK

November 20, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Homestead Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HAUL PAK. WHEN DESCENDING ON HAUL RD. THE OEPRATOR MISJUDGED AVAILABLE ROOM ON HAUL RD. WHEN A LOADER WAS TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OPERATOR ATTEMTPING TO SLOW DO WN PUT TRUCK IN REV. TO ASSIST IN DECEL. (TRCK WAS ONLY MOVING APPROX. 3 MPH THEN). ENGINE DIED AS A CONSEDUENE OPER. LOST STEERING THEN CONTROL OF TRUCK. TRUCK VIERED TO LEFT AND OVERTURNED.

June 19, 1991 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Homestead Minerals Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WHILE IT WAS BEING LOADED BY A 988 LOADER.THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED A LARGE ROCK INTO THE TRUCK WHICH JARRED THE TRUCK AND TRUCK DRIVER.

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