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INJURED WAS DRIVING THE NITRATE TRUCK ON THE HAUL ROAD AND THERE WAS A PLACE ON THE ROAD THAT A BULLDOZER TURNED AT, AND WAS ROUGH. HE STATED THE TRUCK GAVE A ROUGH JAR, AND THE SEAT IN THE TU TRUCK HIT BOTTOM AND JARRED HIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING COAL SPILLAGE FROM AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY AT THE RAWCOAL BELT TO THE BREAKER A LUMP OF COAL FELL FROM THE INSIDE BETWEEN THE COAL BIN AND THE CRIBBING AND HIT HIM ON THE UPPER LEFT SHOU5DER HE WORKED OUT THE SHIFT AND WENT HOME
EMP WAS OPERATI3G WABCO TRUCK HAULING OVERBVURDEN FRM THE PIT AREA T THE DUMP. HE GOT LOADED AND WENT TO THE DUMP PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN HE FELT THE TRUCK SINK TO THE RIGHT, HE P6T THE TRANSMISSION IN FORWARD GEAR BUT THE TTUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND INJURED HIS RT LEG AND FOOT
EMP COMPLAINED 5BOUT THE SEAT IN THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING THAT THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND THE PADDING IN THE SEAT WAS SMASHED & LOPSIDED THIS SITUATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED PAIN I N THE BACK AREA3OF THE EMPLOYEE , THIS SEAT WAS CHECKING OUT AND REPLACED, FIRST LOST TIME DAY WAS 6-15-87
EMPLOYEE DRIVER3OF #279 CHERRY PICKER CRANE HOISTED A TRACK FRAME FROM A BULLDOZER,UPON THE CRANE TRUCK BED HE WAS DRIVING.HE THEN BACKED THE CRANE TRUCK ABOUT 15 FEET ,THE TRACK FRAME SHIFTED THE LEFT SIDE O0 THE TRUCK,AND THE WEIGHT SHIFT CAUSED THE CRANE TRUCK TO UPSET ON LEFT SIDE,CAUSING BRUISES TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPOYEE WAS STA8NING UNDER THE AIR CLEANER FEED BELT AND STRUCTURE THAT THE MAINTENACE MEN WERE WORKING ON WHEN THE BELT STARTED HE RAISED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE STRUTURE HE WAS WEARING A HARD HOT, AND 7HE BLOW PUT A STRAIN ON HIS SHOULDERS .
THE EE DROVE T2E TRUCK UP A SMALL GRADE INTO PIT AREA & STOPPED HE THEN BACKED THE TRUCK BACKWARDS TO A POINT TO WAIT FOR THE SHOT FIRER. INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE TRUCK AT THE TOP OF THE GR ADE HE PROCEED9D DOWN THE SMALL GRADE BACKWARDS-APPLIED THE BRAKES THE WHEELS SKIDDED ONT HE ICE THE TRUCK WENT SIDEWAYS THE RT REAR WHEELS HIT THE BANK & THE TRUCK ROLLED ONTO THE RT S
TIPPLE OPERATOR3WAS CLEANING ICE FROM THE TAIL PULLEY WITH A SHOVEL ON #1 WASH COAL BELT, IN THE STORAGE BIN AREA, AND THE LONG HANDLED SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ICE AND THE TAIL PULLEY, A ND THE SHOVEL W2IPPED & AROUND & HIS FINGER HIT THE GUARD OVER THE TAILPULLEY, CUTTING HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING CHOPPING COAL AND SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS NECK. HE FINSHED THE SHIFT AND WENT HOME. ON 9-24-86 HE STARTED HIS NECK BECAME SORE AND STIFF.
I WAS REPAIRING3THE ROAD TO THE D PIT AREA. I FINISHED REPAIRING THE ROAD I BACKED THE MACHINE UP AND WENT DOWN OVER THE RAMP INTO THE CPT THE MACHINE ROLLED ONTO THE LEFT SIDE AND STOPPED.
BACKED INTO AN 5REA TO DUMP AND THE ROCK TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE INJURING THE EMPLOYEE
STANDING ON PLATFORM ON LOADER TO LIFT OVERHEAD LINES FOR MACHINE TO GO UNDER.OPERATOR TURNED MACHINE TO THE RIGHT,INJ FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEG BECAME LODGED BETWEEN RUNNING BNOARD AND FRONT E ND OF LOADER.
WAS DROPPING RR CARS AND THE TRACKS WERE WET AND THE CARS STARTED TO SLIDE.HE JUMPED OFF AND LANDED ON HIS FEET AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS AND HIS LEFT SHOULDER SNAPPED AND CRACKED HIS HIS LEFT COLLOR BONE.
MACHINE WENT OVER EMBANKMENT CAUSING THE REAR OF MACHINE TO RAISE, THROWING OPERATOR FORWARD AND HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE KEY USED TO START THE MACHINE. F RULES REGUALTION MINE EQUIP. OR SYSTEM JOB SKILL.
EMP OPERATING TRI AXLE HAULING SAND AND STONE FOR NEW ROAD WAS IN PROCESS OF DUMPING LOAD HOIST JACK SNAPPED CAUSING BED OF TRUCK TO TWIST AND FALL ON SIDE CAB REMAINED UPRIGHT EMP WAS JOSTLED IN CAB
EMPLOYEE OPERATING CAT 773 ROCK TRUCK BACK BEGAN TO HURT & CONTINUED TO GET WORSE THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A VIOLATION OF RULES REGULATIONS MINE EQUIP OR SYSTEMS JOB SKILLS MINER PROFICIE NCY TRAINING ATTITUDE OR PROTECTIVE ITEMS OR DEVICES
SITTING IN ROCK TRUCK BEING LOADED - LOADER EMPTIED BUCKET INTO TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO JAR - THROWING EMPLOYEE INTO DOOR STRIKING HEAD & TWISTING NECK
INJURED WAS SPREADING TOP SOIL ON HILLSIDE AT 014-0 PIT. HE WAS PROCEEDING SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE HILL & MADE A RIGHT DOWNGRADE TURN. AS HE MADE THE TURN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL DROPPED OVER EDGE O F ROAD CAUSING ROLLOVER. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE VIOLATION OF RULES & REGULATIONS.
INJURED WAS TRAVELING WEST IN 1976 FORD LT900 NITRATE #7 HE STARTED DOWN A STEEP GRADE LOST CONTROL WENT THRU GUARD RAILS DOWN OVER AN EMBANKMENT TRUCK OVERTURNED
INJURED WAS DRIVING TRUCK ON UPGRADE WHEN IT LOST POWER DRIFTED BACKWARDS HE THEN STEERED LEFT REAR OF TRUCK INTO BANK TRUCK OVERTURNED ONTO SIDE