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THIS EMPLOYEE DROVE OVER A SUBMERGED ROCK WHILE SCOOPING UP A DIPPER OF WATER TO WET DOWN A MUCKPILE. WHEN THE LOADER WENT OVER THE ROCK HE WAS THROWN UP INTO THE CANOPY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.
THIS EMPLOYEE STATED HIS BACK HURT FROM OPERATING THE ROADTRAIN.
THIS EE WAS MUCKING SHAFT BOTTOM WITH AN LGD WHEN HE CHANGE DIRECTIONS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE BECAME DISABLED IN NOVEMBER.
EE WAS OPEATING AN EJC HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS TRAMMING THE MACHINE FROM THE DUMP POINT TO THE LOADING AREA. FOR SOME REASON, PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THE PARK BRAKE SET (CAME ON), AND THE M ACHINE STOPPED INSTANTLY. THIS REACTION CAUSED EE, WHO WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, TO BE THROWN INTO THE DASH, THAT IS PART OF THE CANOPY ON THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS
THIS EE DROVE A LOADER OVER A ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN FROM A HAUL TRUCK ONTO THE HAULAGE DRIFT. HE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE LOADER CANOPY, INJURING HIS NECK. THE INJURY BECAME LOST TIME ON 5-9-97.