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THIS EMPLOYEE DROVE OVER A SUBMERGED ROCK WHILE SCOOPING UP A DIPPER OF WATER TO WET DOWN A MUCKPILE. WHEN THE LOADER WENT OVER THE ROCK HE WAS THROWN UP INTO THE CANOPY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD.
THIS EMPLOYEE STATED HIS BACK HURT FROM OPERATING THE ROADTRAIN.
THIS EE WAS MUCKING SHAFT BOTTOM WITH AN LGD WHEN HE CHANGE DIRECTIONS, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK. HE BECAME DISABLED IN NOVEMBER.
EE WAS OPEATING AN EJC HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS TRAMMING THE MACHINE FROM THE DUMP POINT TO THE LOADING AREA. FOR SOME REASON, PROBABLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, THE PARK BRAKE SET (CAME ON), AND THE M ACHINE STOPPED INSTANTLY. THIS REACTION CAUSED EE, WHO WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT, TO BE THROWN INTO THE DASH, THAT IS PART OF THE CANOPY ON THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE. HE SUSTAINED LACERATIONS
THIS EE DROVE A LOADER OVER A ROCK WHICH HAD FALLEN FROM A HAUL TRUCK ONTO THE HAULAGE DRIFT. HE WAS THROWN AGAINST THE LOADER CANOPY, INJURING HIS NECK. THE INJURY BECAME LOST TIME ON 5-9-97.
EE LOST CONTROL OF HIS HAULAGE TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT THE RIB. EE'S RIGHT KNEE HIT THE TRUCK OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED IN OCTOBER.
EE WAS STANDINGBESIDE A DEMP TRUCK WHILE THE DRIVER WAS RAISING THE BED TO UNLOAD LIME, THE DRIVE SHAFT TO THE HYDRAULIC PUMP BROKE, FLEW OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND STRUCK THE EE IN THE RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE ANKLE & KNEE
THIS EE WAS SCRAPING A HEADING FACE WITH A LOADER DIPPER TO SCALE LOOSE ROCKS. A LARGE ROCK BROKE LOOSE FROM THE FACE AND ENTERED THE OPERATOR S COMPARTMENT. THE EE WORKED UNTIL AUGUS 13, WHEN HE BECAME UNABLE TO WORK.
EE LOST CONTROL OF A HAUL TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT THE RIB. EE STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT. SURGERY WAS PERFORMED IN OCTOBER.
THIS EE HAD A FOREIGN BODY ENTER HIS EYE AS HE OPERATED A LHD.
EE STATES THAT HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE OPERATED A LOAD-HAUL-DUMP UNIT OVER A ROUGH ROADWAY.
THIS EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HAULAGE TRUCK. WHILE HAULING A LOAD, HE TURNED LEFT, THEN RIGHT. HIS LOW ENGINE SPEED PREVENTED THE ARTICULATED VEHICLE FROM TURNING. THE TRUCK HIT THE RIB. THE E MPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK.
THIS EE WAS RIDING ON THE BACK OF A PERSONNEL CARRIER. HE FAINTED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON AND FELL FROM THE CARRIER, STIKING HIS HEAD ON THE ROAD.
THIS EE S BACK BEGAN TO HURT WHILE OPERATING A LOADER.