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INJURED WAS RIDING IN THE CAB OF A LOADED HAUL TRUCK (35 TON), GIVING NEW TASK DRIVER TRAINING TO ANOTHER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. AN EMPTY 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS REENTERING THE PIT AND COLLIDED WITH THE LOADED TRUCK NEAR THE CENTER OF THE QUARRY PIT FLOOR. BASED ON WITNESS INFORMATION, THE DRIVER OF THE EMPTY TRUCK MAY HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL SINCE THIS AREA OF THE PIT

RT SIDE WINDOW OF LOADER SUDDENLY OPENED AFTER HITTING A HOLE OPERATOR WENT TO CLOSE WINDOW & CAUGHT HIS RT THUMB IN THE WINDOW HINDGE CUTTING THE TOP RT SIDE OF HIS THUMB

DURING AN IDLE PERIOD, THE YARD LOADER OPERATOR STARTED TO LOAD SCREENING MATERIAL ON TO A R-35 EUCLID FOR STOCKPILING ELSEWHERE, WHEN COMMERCIAL TRUCKS STARTED TO ARRIVE TO LOADOUT. SINCE THE LOADING OF FINISHED STONE WAS THE YARD LOADER OPERATORS RESPNSIBILITY, HE HURRIEDLY DISCHARGED THE BUCKET OF SCREENING MATERIAL INTO THE R-35 CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE, THEREBY JOLTING

HE WAS TEMPORAR3LY OPERATING THE SPARE 988-B LOADER IN THE PIT, LOADING OUT PRF . HE HAD JUST FILLED THE LOADER BUCKET WITH ROCK AND DURING BACKING THE MACHINE INTO POSITION TO LOAD A HAUL TRU CK, THE LEFT FR2NT TIRE RAN OVER A ROCK APPROX. 16" IN DIAMETER CAUSING THE LOADER TO DROP SHARPLY. OPERATOR WAS JARRED BY THE SUDDEN IMPACT OF LOADER DROP OFF AND COMPAINED OF SOME PAIN AND

INJ TIED A CHAIN TO A TRUCK AND OTHER END TO A LOADER THE LOADER THEN BACKED UP TRYING TO START THE TRUCK THE KNOT IN THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE AND H IT INJURED IN THE CHIN REQUIRING SEVERAL STITCHES