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NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS, MOUTH AND LEGS-TROUBLE BREATHING.
I NAME WAS DRIVING AN HAUL TRUCK WATERING THE ROADS WHEN A OBECT FLEW INTO HIS R EYE AT THAT TIME I NAME WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING RIGHT REARTIRES ON 50 TON TRUCK WITH BED RAISED. BED WAS NOT PINNED. HE WAS FACING AWAY FROM TRUCK OPERATING CONTROLS ON TIRE BOOM. BED OF TRUCK FELL CAUSING A PREVIOUSL Y MOUNTED TIRE TO BE PUSHED OFF OF HUB STRIKING HIM IN LOWER LEG AREA AND PINNING HIM AGAINST TIRE REPAIR TRUCK.
STOMACH MUSCLE 1ULL. WHILE OPERATING A SCRAPER CAME DOWN SLOPE & HIT DITCH AT BOTTOM OF SLOPE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING TRUCK ON INCLINE STRUCK POT HOLE IN RAMP
DRIVING TO FAST FOR CONDITIONS-TRIED TO DRIVE LUBE & FUEL TRUCK DOWN A STEEP GRADE IN 4TH GEAR FUEL & LUBE TRUCK WAS FULL OF FUEL (800 GAL) AFTER PUMPING BRAKES MANY TIMES THEY FAILED TO HOLD TRUCK OVER TURNED
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK WITH COMPANY MATERIAL IN TRUCK EMPLOYEES TRUCK STRUCK AN ON COMING COMPANY TRUCK ON A BLIND CURVE HEAD ON
EMPLOYEE DRIVES A CAT 769B END DUMP, HAULING ROCK TO THE CRUSHER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING UP THE RAMP OUT OF THE QUARRY PIT, THE WINDSHIELD RUBBER GASKET BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE STEERING WHE
WHILE FEEDING THE SECONDARY PLANT, USING A FRONT END LOADER, THE ENGINE DIED, THE OPERATOR FROZE, THE LOADER ROLLED DOWN THE SURGE PILE INTO THE GAB PILE, RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEES WHIPLASH I NJURY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOADER OR WORK AREA AS THIS WAS HIS FIRST DAY WORKING IN THIS AREA.
OPERATOR WAS DRIVING 50 TON TRUCK TO WASTE DUMP AND HIT A ROCK IN THE ROAD, STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN HAND BRAKE LEVER AND STEERING WHEEL, TORE LIGAMENTS