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VICTIM WAS FUELING COMPRESSOR FOR DRILL FROM POWERED TAILGATE ON LUBE TRUCK. TRUCK ROLLED BACK APPROX 18" CAUSIG VICTIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. HE JUMPED APPROX 55" TO THE GROUND CAUSING CONTUSI ONS OF HIS RIGHT HEEL.
MAN WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CHUNK THAT WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE END OF A FEEDER AND A BELT CONVEYOR WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE CHUNK. END BONE ON HIS LITTLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND, WAS BROKEN.
VICTIM WAS WALKING ON COVERS OF A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT AND FELL INTO A HOLE CAUSED BY THE REMOVAL OF APPROX 6FT LONG COVER FOR CLEANUP VICTIM TRAVELED APPROX 140FT TO A HOPPER WHERE HIS FOOT C AME IN CONTACT WITH A BINDICATOR WHICH STOPPED THE BELT VICTIM HAD CEMENT DUST IN HIS EYES AND ABRASIONS ON HIS BODY AND ELBOWS
WORK CREW WAS REPLACING #4 CM ELEVATOR BUCKETS THEY WERE MOVING THE BUCKETS CLOSER TO THE JOB SITE WHILE LIFTING TWO PALLETS OF BUCKETS THE TOP PALLET OF BUCKETS BECAME UNSTABLE AND DISPERSED OFF ONE BUCKET STRIKING VITIM IN THE RIGHT FOOT.
ALLEGED THAT VICTIM CAME OUT OF DOOR FROM SOUND PROOF BOOTH AT COAL UNLOADING STATION. VICTIM CLAIMS THAT DOOR WAS STRUCK BY MOVING COAL CAR AND HE WAS THROWN UP AGAINST THE DOOR JAM BY THE DO DOOR. THIS REPORT IS LATE BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT IS BEING CONTESTED.
DRIVER OPERATED VEHICLE IN IMPROPER AND NEGLIGENT MANNER CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO OVER BERM AND TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE.DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS APPX $80,000.00.