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EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE DROVE THROUGH SOME SOFT SPOTS IN THE HAUL ROAD TOO FAST CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AROUND IN HIS SEAT AND STRAIN MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN HAUL TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED. SPARK OF HOT METAL FROM LOADER BUCKET FLEW INTO CAB OF TRUCK STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE.
WHILE DUMPING ON STOCK PILE "D", BENCH SLIPPED OFF UNDER RIGHT REAR DUELS, TRUCK ROLLED (1) REVOLUTION AND LANDED ON WHEELS AND ACCESS ROAD BELOW.
LOADER HIT HARD ROCK IN BENCH 5780 CAUSING LOADER TO STOP BRUPTLY JARRING OPERATOR
WHILE OPERATING 992 LOADER TO LOAD HAUL TRUCKS LOADER BUCKET HIT LARGE ROCK IN MATERIAL FLOOR.
DIRECTING ACTIVITY OF ELEC CREW RECONSTRUCTING A COLLAPSED CONVEYOR,STANDING ON LARGE PIPE,LOST BALANCE,STEPPED ON CONVEYOR IDLER ROLLER WHICH ROLLED OUT FROM UNDERFOOT AND EMPL FOOT SLIPPED B ETWEEN 2 PIPES.
WATER WAGON HAD JUST WATERED HAUL ROADS. TRUCK #1511 WAS DRIVING TOO FAST FOR WET ROAD CONDITIONS AND SLIDE INTO PATH OF TRUCK #2305 CAUSING #2305 TO AVOID #1511 AND TIP OVER. DRIVER IN #2305 HAD PUNCTURE BELOW THE KNEE, NO INJURY TO DRIVER IN #1511. MINOR DAMAGE TO TRUCK #2305.
THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REACH UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT AND KNOCK DIRT OFF FROM A RETURN IDLER WITH A HAMMER. IN DOING SO THE EMPLOYEES GLOVED HAND WAS CAUGHT AND PULLED HIM INTO THE BELT CAUSIN G HIM TO SUSTAIN BRUISES AND ABRATIONS OF HIS LEFT ARM.
INJURED WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF HUSBANDS PICKUP TRUCK BY HEAD LIGHTS FILLING OUT TIME SLIP. HISBAND DID NOT SEE HER AND RAN OVER WITH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF PICKUP.