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Allegedly the hydraulics locked up on the machine causing it to raise off the ground and drop.
While edging up coal pit the loader bucket allegedly dropped off the coal and hit the pit floor
Operator was cleaning top of Powelton Coal when allegedly was stopped by a rock and was jarred.
Allegedly when backing under loader a rock was dumped on the tail shoot and jarred the driver.
Employee alleges that the boom of the loader stuck in the up position and when EE went forward the boom dropped causing the rear of loader to raise and upon the rear setting back down was jarred. Employee did not report the incident to management till 8/1/2016 and did not miss work until 8/11/16 due to the alleged injury.
Was jarred when the truck was being loaded.
Evidence at the scene suggests that the employee turned to dump and got his truck crooked an backed through the berm causing his truck to go over the embankment.
Employee was getting onto the truck he was operating when the second rung on the ladder broke. this put all of the employees weight on his shoulders.
EE was operating a John Deere 40 ton Artic truck. While dumping a load of rock, a large rock flipped back and hit truck. This caused the employee to be jarred.
EE stated that while the 777 Truck he was operating was being loaded, the 9926 Loader bucket struck the truck and jarred his back. EE did not miss work until 4/20/09 and returned to work on 4/23/09.
A 992 Endloader bucket was being lowered to dump load in a 777 rock truck. During this action the boom began to free fall striking rock truck.
Employee was operating a Cat 777 rock truck. While being loaded, the end loader operator dropped a rock out of the loader bucket. This rock hit the bed of the truck and jarred the employee.
End loader bucket struck the side of rock truck bed while truck was being loaded. Note: Injured did not seek medical treatment until 2/13/09.
He was coming out of the strip pit loaded, started up the hiss. The truck stalled and ran back for about 100 feet and flipped on the side.
The 777D haulage truck was backing to the berm to dump. The ground beneath the truck broke and slipped down slope, causing the truck to row backwards over the dump area.
Employee was driving a 785 Cat. rock truck. He became disoriented in heavy fog and drove the truck in the wrong direction. The truck went over a 20' high highwall and traveled about 100' down the slope.