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Employee was driving a tractor and trailer off a haul road and the truck came out of gear causing the employee to hit a berm that was set up for a run away truck ramp.
Employee was running a 992G front end loader and was prying rock from the coal and the bucket slipped from under the rock and loader bucket came up and went forward into solid wall.
Driver error. Driver lost control of his truck.
EE called another EE and said he had gottin the truck out of gear and could not get it back in gear and he had put the truck into a ditch. (Driver error shifting on hill)
Operator stated that the 773-B rock truck skided into the berm, then comming to a rest on the left side of haul road into a mud hole. He was taken to the Hazard ARH Hospital. They did a CSAT Scan on him, the doctor said that he had a strained lower back and should be able to return to work in a couple days.
Drove up on top of the berm for approximately 80 feet, then the truck rolled over two times coming to a resting point 140 feet over embankment.
operator removed a piece of paper that was caught in blower fan of the heat and a.c. unit. When he removed the paper, the fan started turning, therefore cutting his index finger into two places.
The mechanic was lifting a front axel with his boom truck into the bed of a parts-truck when the chain slipped causing the axel to drop hitting the mechanic on the hand.