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T RACTOR/TRAILER LOADED WITH COAL WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS WHEN THE LEFT FRONT OF THE TRACTOR WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR REQUIRED 8 STITCHES FOR 2 MINOR HEA D INJURIES
MECHANIC WAS TROUBLE-SHOUTING A L800 LETOURNEAU END LOADER. AFTER MAKING SOME ELECTRICAL CHECKS, HE STARTED THE MACHINE TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE MACHINE WENT INTO FULL ACCELERATION. HE APPLIED THE DYNAMIC BRAKE, BUT THE MACHINE WOULD NOT STOP. HE TRAVELED APPROX. 400 FEET DOWN THE HAUL ROAD BEFORE STRIKING THE ROAD BERM. THE MACHI
DOCK UTILITY PERSON WAS ATTENDING THE #2 FEEDER BIN. A COAL TRUCK HAD JUST DUMPED A LOADER OF COAL INTO THE BIN AND WAS DRIVING FORWARD FROM THE BIN. THE COAL TRUCK STOPPED ABRUPTLY AND THE TA ILGATE ON THE DUMP BED SWUNG OUTWARD AND STRUCK OUR EMPLOYEE. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE THEN STOOD UP AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN THE RIB AREA.
OPER WORKING IN HEAVILY MINED AREA PRIOR TO MINING,LOADING END DUMPS WITH END LOADER.NOTICED PAIN IN BACK AS SHIFT CONTINUED.AS SHIFT PROGRESSED PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE.TREATED BY CHIROPRACTOR FOR BACK PAIN FOLLOWING SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE SAID HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL,LANDING ON HIS FOOT.OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION LEFT NAVICULAR.
OPERATOR WAS LOADING SPOIL INTO A TS24 SCRAPER IN A RECLAMATION AREA OF THE MINE.WHILE LOADING THE SPOIL INTO THE BOWL,THE TRACTOR PORTION OF THE SCRAPER RAN OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED ABRUPTLY,J ARRING HER BACK.CHIRPRACTOR TREATMENT FOR BACK SPRAIN.
I WAS OPERATING A TS24 SCRAPER LEVELING SPOIL AREA ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES SPUN ON A ROCK CAUSING SCRAPER TRACTOR TO HIT GROUND HARD & TWISTED I NAME & CAUSED LOWER BACK PAIN SAW A CHIROPRACTOR FIRST DAY MISSED 081189
MIKE WAS LOADING END DUMPS WITH THE L-800 LOADER. THE HOIST LEVER WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND REQUIRED MORE PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE THE CONTROLS. MIKE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SHOULDER PAIN AS HE CONT INUED TO OPERATE THE MACHINE. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. INCIDENT REPORTED LATE.
HE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL AND DESCENDING A HILL. HE LOST CONTROL AND SLID APROX. 90 FEET BEOFRE STOPPING AND SLID INTO A HSALLOW DITCH. LOWER LUMBER STRAIN.
OPERATING MACK WATER TRUCK AND FOREIGN PARTICLE (DUST OR DIRT) FLEW INTO LEFT EYE EYE WAS SCRATCHED REQUIRED MEDICATION
COAL BECAME STUCK IN BED OF TRUCK, DRIVER SET HAND BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO SHOVEL COAL OUT TRUCXK STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD, DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF BED OF TRUCK BREAKING RIGHT HEEL.
INJ. WAS HELPING SET PU WHEN HE NOTICED PUMP TRUCK HAD STARTED TO MOVE BACKWARDS . HE RAN AFTER TRUCK AND REACHED FOR DOR TO TRY TO GET INTO TRUCK SO HE COULD STOP IT . WEIHT OF TRUCK KNOCK ED INJ. DOWN TO GROUND AND THE DOOR STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER. SEVERE BRUISE LEFT SHOULDER AND RIBS.
HE MONITORS SEDIMENT PONDS HE WS OPERATING A 4 WHEEL HONDA & WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BERM OF THE PIT HAULROAD WHEN HE BROKE OVER THE BERM THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER & DOWN THE TWELVE FOOT EMBANKM ENT HE WAS THROWN ONTO ROUGH GROUND HONDA STRUCK I.NAME IN THE LOWER BACK LEFT PELVIC & HIP AREA
PULLING TOPSOIL3ON SIDE OF HILL TRACTOR SLID DOWN HILL SLIGHTLY SIDEWAYS.DOZER PUSHING PAN BECAME SEPARATED MOMENTARILY BEFORE DOZER STRUCK PUSHBLOCK AGAIN.THE IMPACT OF DOZER ON PUSHBLOCK JA RRED OPERATOR I3 SEAT.EMPL DIDNT REPORT MEDICAL TREATMENT TO COMP.DEPT.UNTIL 12-7-87.SAW CHIROPRACTOR.
HE WAS BACKING 8OWN RAMP TO LOADER TO BE LOADED WHEN HE HIT LOADER BOOM.THIS CAUSED THE ENDDUMP TO STOP SUDDENLY. WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT3OPERATOR WAS OPERATING TS24 PAN WHEN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DROPPED IN A HOLE BOUNCING OPERATOR IN SEAT.HE WAS WEARING DEATBELT.REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 11/10/86.1ST DAY MISSED WAS 1 1/13/86,ETC. 3
WAS FUELING 992B CAT LOADER WHENHE WALKED BEHIND THE MACHINE AND A PIECE OF DIRT FLEW OUT FROM THE FAN STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE
BRENT AND CHUCK WERE PULLING TRACTOR BECAUSE IT WOULDNT START BRENT UNHOOKED CHAIN FROM BACK AND WAS HOOKING IT UP TO THE FRONT WHEN CHUCK PULLED AGAIN CHAIN FLEW AROUND AND WRAPPED AROUND BRE NTS LEG
DRIVING FUEL TRUCK WHEN FRONT WHEEL STRUCK A ROCK.WHEEL HITTING ROCK CAUSED STEERING WHEEL IN CAB TO SPIN VIOLENTLY AND SPOKE ON STEERING WHEEL STRUCK LEFT LITTLE FINGER.BROKEN BONE.
EARL ARRIVED EARLY AND WAS GOING TO HIS JOB. CAR WAS APPROACHING RAILROAD CROSSING FROM THE WEST AND RAILROAD ENGINE WAS ON THE TRACKS HEADING SOUTH AND CAR DROVE INTO PATH OF TRAIN CAUSING IM PACT.
ROCK FROM HIGHWALL FELL STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OF LOADER,IMPACT CAUSED EMPL TO BE THROWN ABOUT IN CAB.
CLIMBED INTO CAB, THREW ASIDE SEAT BELT, SAT DONE, SEAT BELT CHROME BUCKLE HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT UPPER PART OF TESTICLE. TURNED INTO LOST TIME INJURY ON 6/6/83, FIRST DAY HE DID NOT REPORT TO W ORK.
PERFORMING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF MICHIGAN 275C LOADER. CHECKING WATER LEVEL, EXPERIENCED A THRUST OF GAS?FLAME?EXHAUST? TO FACE CASUING BURNS, SINGED HAIR PARTICLES TO EYES. SHORT TERM FLASH TO FACE.