PIT HAUL TRUCK 447 CAME UP SOUTH RAMP LOADED. DRIVER LOST A GEAR. BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD THE TRUCK, SO HE HAD TO BACK DOWN THE RAMP. HE LOST CONTROL, HIT THE SIOR BIRM AND TURNED THE TRUCK ON I TS SIDE. THE DRIVER APPARENTLY WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, AND CUT HIS BACK ON A TOOL BOX LID WHEN THE TRUCK LAID OVER.
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April 15, 1997
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck against a moving object
July 10, 1996
AZ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE CLEANING OUT FRONTEND LOADER BUCKET, HYDRAULICS ON BUCKET BLED OFF, CAUSING BUCKET TO SLOWLY DESCEND ONTO FOOT.
June 7, 1994
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Usa · Struck by falling object
WORKER WAS WALKING UNDER PORTABLE CONVEYOR AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING ROCK.
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