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THE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK. UPON ENTERING THE INTERSECTION AREA, THE DRIVER OBSERVED A LOADER APPROACHING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND BEING UNABLE TO STOP, COLLIDED WITH THE LOADER . THE LOADER WAS TRAVELING IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE HAUL TRUCK. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE TRUCK BUMPER--NO DAMAGE TO THE LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK AND WHILE DUMPING A LOAD, THE BED OF THE TRUCK CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DE-ENERGIZED 5KV CABLE AND MESSENGER CABLE. THE MESSENGER CABLE BROKE, ALLOWING THE 5KV CABLE TO DROP BETWEEN THE BED AND TRUCK FRAME. ASSUMING THE CABLE WAS "HOT", THE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK (APPROX. 8 VERTICAL FEET), AND LANDED ON HIS FEET JAMMING HIS NECK.
EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE OPERATING A 570 LOADER IN THE MINE ON AN UNUSUALLY ROUGH FLOOR. EE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER AND THE JOSTLING OF THE CAB RESULTED IN HIM STRAININ G HIS SHOULDER. ON OCT 19, HE REPORTED TO THE ONSITE MEDICAL CLINIC AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHARGING A FAC E WITH PETTIBONE PRILL CHARGER HE WAS LIFTING THE BASKET TO CHARGE A BACK HOLE AND WAS IN THAT VICINITY WHEN THE BASKET STOPPED THE BASKET STARTED FALLING HIT THE FACE AND STOPPED APPROX ONE FOOT OFF THE GROUND THE FALLING BASKET CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BE THROWN AROUND IN THE MANBASKET
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 773 HAUL TRUCK IN MINE DURING LOADING OPERATION 570 LOADER BUMPED REAR OF HAUL TRUCK MOVING TRUCK SIDEWAYUS TO THE RT.THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING HIS HEAD TO THE EXT REME LEFT HIS HEAD WAS JERKED & HE FELT A SUDDEN BURNING SENSATION IN HIS NECK
HE WAS CHARGING BACK HOLES IN THE DRIFT USING CHARGING RIG. HE BUMPED THE BACK WITH THE MANBASKET COVER, DISLODGING A ROCK FROM THE BACK. WHEN HE RETRACTED THE MANBASKET A LARGE ROCK FELL, S TRICKING THE HANDRAIL AND BREAKING IN HALF. HE EXTENDED HIS LEFT HAND IN AN EFFORT TO PUSH THE FALLING ROCK AWAY FROM HIM AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING IN THE BASKET OF A PETTI BONE MANLIFT, HANGING MESSENGER CABLE FOR A POWER LINE. HE NOTICED A LOOSE ROCK IN THE BACK THAT NEEDED TO BE SCALED DOWN. HE HAD HIS PARTNER RAI SE THE BASKET. 2E WAS WATCHING THE LOOSE ROCK WITH THE SCALING BAR RESTING ON HIS FOOT AND WHEN THE BASKET CAME NEAR THE BACK, THE BAR JAMMED AGAINST THE BACK FRACTURING TWO SMALL BONES IN HI