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September 25, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS LOADING ROCK THAT HAD BEEN RIPPED. A D-10 DOZER WAS BEING USED TO PUSH LOAD THE SCRAPERS. AS THE SCRAPER STARTED OFF THE SLOPE ITS PAN CAUGHT ON A LARGE ROCK JUST AS THE D-10 STARTED TO PUSH. EE WAS THROWN FORWARD AND THEN BACK, WHICH HIS NECK. SEATBELTS WERE IN USE DR PLACED HIM ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

August 22, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING LHD UNIT MUCKING OUT HEADING.TIRE RAN OVER ROCK CAUSING LHD TO BOUNCE.EMPLOYEE RAISED OFF THE LHD SEAT,AND ROPPED DOWN ON THE BACK OF LOADER SEAT INJURING THE LOWER BACK.

August 4, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-9 DOZER WHEN HE FELT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. A PHYSICIAN REMOVED A SMALL METAL FRAGMENT FROM HIS EYE. THE METAL FRAGMENT IS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

November 3, 1987 NM · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A 2 INCH HOSE ON A FLAT CAR, THE FLAT CAR WAS BEING PULLED BY ANOTHER MINER IN MOTOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BEHIND THE FLAT CAR LOADING THE 2 INCH HOSE THE 2 INCH HOSE WAS BEING WRAP1ED AROUND A PIPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO FLAT CAR. THE TAIL END OF HOSE GOT CAUGHT ON A TRACK TIE. WHEN EMPLOYEE FLET HOSE STRECHING HE SIGNALED THE MOTOR OPERATOR TO STOP WHICH W

January 28, 1986 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON THE HITCH OF THE LAST CAR ON THE TRAIN AND WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BACK WHEN THEY PASSED UNDER A CHUTE. THE CHUTE DOOR HIT A ROCK ON TOP OF THE CAR SLIDING IT TO THE BAC K CATCHING EMPL2YEE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE CAR CAUSING A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT FOURTH FINGER.

August 21, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF MATERIAL ON THE BACKFILL RAMP WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TIRE ROLLED INTO A LOW SPOT IN THE DUMP SITE CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO JOLT THE OPERATOR FROM SIDE TO SIDE

April 26, 1984 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF M ATERIAL FROM A CAT 651-B SCRAPER HE WAS OPERATING EMPLOYEE RAN OVER A ROCK WHILE DUMPING WHICH JOLTED THE SCRAPER.

July 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Chevron Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS DRIVING HIS 651-B SCRAPER INTO THE STRIPPING CUT OF THE WEST MINE AND AS HE TURNED HIS MACHINE TO THE RIGHT SIDE HE RAN OVER A ROCK.

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