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September 8, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

HE RECEIVED THIRD LOAD OF THE DAY; WAS AT TOP OF GRADE AND TRIED TO SHIFT FROM HIGH RANGE TO LOW RANGE AND GOT TO FOURTH GEAR. TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE JACOBS BRAKE KILLED THE ENGIN E. HE COULDN'T RE-ENGAGE TRANSMISSION AND HE LOST BRAKE AIR PRESSURE. THE TRUCK BROKE FREE AND HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB.

September 3, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

I,NAME RECEIVED THIRD LOAD OF THE DAY; WAS AT TOP OF GRADE AND TRIED TO SHIFT FROM HIGH RANGE TO LOW RANGE AND GO TO FOURTH GEAR. TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGED AND THE JACOBS BRAKE KILLED THE E NGINE. HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND RESTARTED ENGINE. HE COULDN'T REENGAGE TRANSMISSION AND HE LOST BRAKE AIR PRESSURE. THE TRUCK BROKE FREE AND HE JUMPED FROM THE CAB.

June 21, 1988 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

WATERING ROADS, LET WATER TRUCK RUN OUT OF FUEL, ENGINE STALLED ROLLED BACK HITTING OTHER WATER TRUCK. JUMPED OUT OF WATER TRUCK INJURING RIGHT ANKLE.

June 6, 1988 WV · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

DROPPED 3 LOADS WAS SETTING BRAKES ABOUT 10 LOADS BEHIND ROLLED DOWN TRUCK HITTING LOADS THAT WERE STOPPED THREW CAR DROPPER AGAINST LADDER OF LOADS INJURING LEFT RIB CAGE.

January 30, 1986 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON DUMP3LEVER.

January 20, 1986 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

PAIN ON RT SIDE3OF BACK WHILE DRIVING ROCK TRUCK OVER ROUGH ROADS

December 18, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HYDRAULIC LEAK 4AS INSPECTING OPENED DOOR HAND OUT OF DOOR LOADER DRIFTED PUT ON BRAKES DOOR SLAMMED ON LEFT HAND

June 26, 1985 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

END LOADER OP LOADING TRUCK WITH ROCK. ONE HIT TRUCK JARRING TRUCK DRIVER AGAINST DOOR.

February 22, 1985 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

LOADER HAD STALLED PULLING WITH DOZER. I,NAME THOUGHT LOADER MIGHT TOPPLE OVER JUMPED TO GROUND. BRUISED RIGHT HEAL.

November 14, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

PRYING ROCK WITH BUCKET OF LOADER. BUCKET SLIPPED OFF ROCK THROWING OPERATOR INTO WINDSHIELD.

August 13, 1984 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

LIFTING ON LARGE ROCK WITH LOADER, BUCKET SLIPPED OFF

September 19, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

MOVING OVERBURDEN LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK AND WENT OVER HILL.

September 1, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED ROCK IN BED OF 777 JARRED BACK

August 5, 1983 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Perry & Hylton Inc · Fall from machine

BACKING TRUCK TO DUMP DID NOT STOP IN TIME AND TRUCK WENT OVER HILL. JUMPED FROM TRUCK.

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