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WHILE HE WAS OPERATING HIS SHUTTLE CAR, THE TIRE BECAME LOOSE INSIDE THE WHEEL AND BEGAN TO THROW METAL SHAVINGS FROM THE WHEEL. SOME OF THE SHAVINGS WENT INTO HIS EYES.
LOCK ON WHEEL UNIT BROKE ALLOWING WHEEL TO SLIP CAUSING FINE METAL TO BE STRIPPED OFF WHEEL AND FLY INTO EYE OF SHUTTLE CAR OPER.
WHILE HE WAS OPERATING A TWO MAN PERSONNAL CARRIER, HE TRAVELED INTO A TAILPEICE HOLE. THIS SUDDEN BOUNCING IN THE PERSONNAL CARRIER HURT HIS BACK.
WHILE THE INJURED WAS OPERATING THE SHUTTLE CAR HE HAD THE SCOOPE OPERATOR TO LIFT THE BUGGY TO CHANGE A WHEEL UNIT THE BUGGY SLIPPED OFF THE SCOOP BLADE WITH I NAME STILL IN THE OPERATOR DECK THE SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK
INAME WAS HANGING A PUMP CABLE ON THE COAL RIB, BEHIND A CHECK CURTAIN, WHEN A SHUTTLE CAR CAME THROUGH THE CURTAIN AND MASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE COAL RIB.
AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DUMP A LOAD OF MATERIAL OUT OF HIS ENDLOADER BUCKET, THE LOADERS CONTROL WAS LOST AND HE JUMPED OUT AS THE LOADER WENT DOWN THE HILL.
THE INJURED WAS USING A 270 MOTOR TO PULL CABLE WHEN THE FOOT SWITCH STUCK AND THE MOTOR WOULDNT STOP TRAMMING THE CABLE CAUGHT HIS ARM AND SQUEEZED IT BEFORE HE GOT THE MOTOR STOPPED
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A SHUTTLE CAR HE RAN IT THROUGH A HOLE TOO FAST IN THE ROADWAY AND WAS BOUNCED UP AND BACK DOWN LANDING ON THE CORNER OF HIS CAP LIGHT
HE WAS OPERATIN1 THE SHUTTLE CAR WHEN THE CANOPY OF THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK THE TOP AND LOOSENED UP A KETTLE BOTTOM LATER THE KETTLE BOTTOM FELL OUT AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT WHILE STILL IN THE SHUTTLE3CAR.
THE SHUT OFF TH9OTTLE CABLE BECAME LOOSE THAT LED TO THE THROTLE ON THE SEEDER ENGINE MOUNTED ON THE HYDROSEED TRUCK. HE THEN SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN MANUALLY AND AS HE DID HIS HAND SLIPPED A AND HIT THE FAN3ON THE ENGINE
WHILE SCOOPING ALONG A RIB, HE SCOOPED UP A PIECE OF PLASTICE PIPE BENDING IT AGAINST THE RIB, IT THEN FLEW BACK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE RT. SIDE OF THE HEAD.
WHILE HE WAS REPAIRING THE TRAMMING CIRCUIT OF A 270 BATTERY TRACTOR IT JUMPED I NAME THEN SLIPPED UNDER THE TRACTOR CAUSING HIS LEG TO BE TRAPPED RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEG
THE SHUTTLE CAR THAT THE INJURED WAS RUNNING CAME THROUGH THE INBY INTERSECTION FROM THE FEEDR, HE WAS STRUCK BY THE OFF STANDARD SHUTTLE CAR COMING THROUGH THE ADJACENT BREAK.
HIS RIGHT ARM WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND RAMCAR WHILE BACKING INTO A BREAK
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING A 270 MOTOR, HE HIT A LARGE HOLE IN THE ROADWAY AND BOUNCED DOWN UPON HIS CAP BATTERY INJURYING HIS BACK.