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June 13, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TRUCK ON HAUL ROAD AND ANOTHER TRUCK TRAVELING ON WRONG SIDE HIT HIM HEAD ON. LACERATIONS OF HEAD AND FRACTURED HIP.

June 13, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TRUCK ON HAUL ROAD, GOT ON LEFT SIDE AND HIT ONCOMING TRUCK. BRUISED CHEST.

September 12, 1988 AL · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TOUCHED HOT EXHAUST PIPE ON HAUL TRUCK TREATED AS FIRT AID LATER BECAME INFECTED AND WAS TREATED AT HOSPITAL ON 9-19-88

March 2, 1987 AL · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING NEAR CO3VEYOR BELT WITH A BAR WHILE PUSHING IT BAR HIT BELT SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIS SIDE

June 10, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONDITION OF HA6L ROAD BEING VERY DUSTY. DUSTY ALSO HAUL ROAD NARROW. THE 350 RDT MEET ONCOMING PICKUP AT NARROW PART OF ROAD. THE PICK SLOWED TO A STOP AND WENT TO FAR RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD GIVI NG 350 RIGHT OF3WAY. THE 350 OPERATOR USED HIS BRAKES TO SLOW HIS MACHINE DOWN CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. THE 350 VERRED BACK TO LEFT ACROSS THE ROAD, OV

June 10, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONDITION OF HA6L ROAD BEING VERY DUSTY. ALSO HAUL ROAD NARROW. THE 350 RDT MEET ONCOMING PICKUP AT NARROW PART OF ROAD. THE PICK SLOWED TO A STOP AND WNET TO FAR RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD GIVING 350 RIGHT OF WAY. 7HE 350 OPERATO USED HIS BRAKES TO SLOW HIS MACHINE DOWN CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOSE POWER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING. THE 350 VERRED BACK TO LEFT ACROSS THE ROAD, OVER THE B

March 12, 1986 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R & S Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS OPERATING LOADER MACHINE, THE LOADER BEGAN TO TURN OVER. LOADER WAS BEING USED TO LOAD DRAGLINE ON LOWBOY AND DRAGLINE BEGAN TO TEETER AND EMPLOYEE LEAPED FROM THE LOADER FR ACTURING HIS RI1HT FIBULAR.

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