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INJURED WAS DRIVING EUCLID R-50 #6629 ON THE HAUL ROAD TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. AT SOME POINT IN THE DAY HE SAID HIS NECK & BACK STARTED TO HURT.HE REPORTED THIS AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT FRIDAY & WAS GOING TO REST ON THE WEEK END.
INJURED WAS BACKING HAULPAC 210M [#6627] UNDER THE 992 LOADER TO GET LOADED. AS HE WAS BACKING UP THE RIGHT REAR OF THE TRUCK BOX HIT THE BOOM ARM OF THE LOADER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A STREET SWEEPER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A BEDFORD BLACKTOP SINGLE AXLE TRUCK. DRIVER CLAIMED HE DID NOT SEE THE SWEEPER BECAUSE OF DUST AND THAT HE WAS GOING 1 5 MPH AT IMPACT. SWEEPER WAS ON THE MAIN HAUL ROAD IN THE PIT HEADING EAST WHEN IT WAS HIT.
INJURED WAS SITTING I THE CAB OF HIS LOADER SCRAPING THE QUARRY FLOOR WITH HIS BUCKET WHEN HIS LOADER DROPPED INTO A POTHOLE & HIS BUCKET CAUGHT A RAISED EDGE ON THE FLOOR THIS TOSSED HIS SIDE WAYS IN THE CAB & RT KNEE STRUCK THE STEERING COLUMN HE WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT AT THE TIME
INJURED WAS SITTING IN HIS TRUCK FACING FORWARD WHILE A FRONT END LOADER WAS LOADING HIM WITH OVERSIZED BOULDERS. WHEN THE FIRST BOULER WAS DROPPED INTO HIS TRUCK THE JERKING MOTION OF THE TRU CK BOUCING UP & DOWN CAUSED EXTENSIVE PAIN TO THE INJURED'S BACK.
INJURED WAS SITTING IN HIS TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADED BY A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD TURNED TO HIS LEFT TO REACH BEHIND HIS SEAT FOR HIS LUNCH WHEN THE TRUCK WAS ROCKED BY THE LOADER. THIS CAUSED THE INJURED TO HIT HIS LEFT TEMPLE ON A CARPETED BEAM INSIDE THE CAB. THE IMPACT WITH THE BEAM CAUSED HIM TO JERK TO THE LEFT HENCE PULLING HIS RIGHT SIDE MUSCLES.
INJURED WAS HOLDING A CHAIN TIGHT BETWEEN TEH C1A GRAVITY TAKE-UP AND THE BUCKET OF A980C LOADER (#6022). AS THE BUCKET WAS TILTED BACK TO PUT TENSION ON CHAIN, THE CHAIN TWISTED. CATCHING T HE INJURED'S HAND BETWEEN THE CHAIN AND THE BUCKET. WHEN THE INJURED PULLED HIS HAND AWAY THE TIP OF THE RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT OFF.
SITTING IN TRUCK REACHED FORWARD TO HIT HIS LOADER COUNTER LOADER DROPPED ROCK IN BED OF TRUCK IT BOUNCED HIM IN SEAT
INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS LOADER IN WATER WITH HIS BUCKET LOWERED GOING INTO A PILE OF STONE WHEN HIS BUCKET CAME INTO CONTACT WITH A LEDGE OF SOLID ROCK. THE JOLT OF THE MACHINE THROUGH HIM F ORWARD AND TWISTED HIM. THE INJURED WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
INJURED WAS DRIVING TRUCK #6624 EUCLID DOWN HAUL ROAD WHEN HE HIT BUMP IN ROAD & IT TOSSED HIM UPWARDS. HETHEN HIT HEAD ON CAB ROOF WHICH HURT NECK.
INUURED WAS DRIVING A LOADED HAUL TRUCK. AS HE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AROUND THE SURGE PILE TO GOT TO THE PRIMARY CRUSHER, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF THE TRUCK. WHEN THE TRUCK FELL TO THE GR OUND THE INJURED WAS THROWN INTO THE STEERING WHEEL.
THE INJURED WAS SITTING IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. HE HAD PULLED HIS TRUCK UNDER THE CRUSHER RUN BIN AT THE CRUSHER SYSTEM. WHILE FACING NORTH HE HAD GRABBED THE CONTROL CORD FOR THE BIN GATE. THE INJURED FELT THE CORD PULLING AWAY FROM HIM AND THE BIN FELL ON TOP OF THE TRUCK PUSHING THE CAB DOWN AND FORCING HIM DOWN IN HIS SEAT. WHEN THE TRUCK FELL OVER TO ITS SIDE IT TOSSED TH
OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME THE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN OPERATING A PIT LOADER THE RUNNING OF THE LOADER OVER THE ROUGHT PIT FLOOR HAS AGGREVATED HIS LOWER BACK.