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I NAME HAD PULLED UP TO THE DRAGLINE TO LOAD AND WAS PARKED APPROX. 10 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE EMBANKMENT. HE WAS CLEANING HIS WINDSHIELD AND FELT THE TRUCK MOVE. THE EMBANKMENT GAVE AWAY. HE JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND, THE TRUCK ROLLED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT.

MR. CATES WAS OPERATING A LOADER, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE DIED, THE BRAKES FAILED, THE LOADER WAS ROLLING DOWN THE HILL AND MR. CATES JUMPED FROM THE LOADER AND HIT THE GROUND. FRACTURED RIGHT LEG IN TWO PLACES-BROKEN LEFT HEEL.