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September 16, 1994
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
HAULING DIRT IN TANTUM DUMP TRUCK AROUND DIVERSION DITCH AT SLATE DUMP. UPON STOPPING BEFORE GOING DOWN STEEP GRADE TO DUMP ON SLATE DUMP, DRIVER POSSIBLY SELECTED WRONG GEAR. TRUCK WAS LOADED AND BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. DRIVER JUMPED OUT AND TRUCK CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN APPROX. 150'. DRIVER DROVE HIMSELF TO HOSPITAL AS PRECAUTION.
June 30, 1994
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Excavating Inc · Struck against a moving object
BAD JUDGEMENT BY OPERATOR IN SHIFTING GEARS ON AN 8 DEGREE GRADE. DRIVER MISSED A GEAR AND THEN APPLIED BRAKES. BUT AIR PRESSURE WAS AT ONLY 20 LBS. HE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN GRADE APPROX. 50 YA RDS COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP IN A DITCH. DRIVER SUFFERED A SONCUSSION AND A GASH TO HIS HEAD REQUIRING 24 STITCHES A CHEST CONTUSION AND VARIOUS BACK INJURIES.
Patterson Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RIDING ON BACK OF TRUCK TREE LIMB HIT HIM IN EYE
December 22, 1988
WV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Patterson Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRIED TO DUMP TRUCK ON DOWNHILL GRADE. WHILE RAISING DUMPED, BRAKES GAVE WAY-TRUCK ROLLED APPROX. 10 FEET. ROAD WAS SLANTED THUS CAUSING TRUCK TO TURN OVER. CHAIN KEPT IN TRUCK CAB STRUCK EMPL EE'S HEAD CAUSING LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SEVEREAL STITCHES.
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