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June 13, 1989 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Equality Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING SHOVEL LOADING EMP TRUCK BUCKET HIT THE BED OF TRUCK JARRING EMP IN CAB OF TRUCK..

March 24, 1989 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Equality Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A HAUL TRUCK UP THE INCLINE WHEN THE MOTOR STALLED OUT & TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS, THE EMPLOYEE OR THE TRUCK TURNED THE WHEELS ROLLED UP ON THE BERM & TURNED OVER. CRACKED B ONE LEFT ARM BELOW ELBOW.

January 28, 1988 IL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Equality Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS DRIVING3A FARM TRACTOR DOWN HAUL ROAD WHEN THE S TEERING ON THE TRACTOR PARTED TO THE LEFT QUICKLY THROWING EMP FROM TRACTOR, JUST BRUISPP

May 29, 1987 IL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Equality Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP HAD JUST WA7ERED THE RAMP GOINH OUT OF THE PIT AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO GO UP THE RAMP WITH A LOADED WATER TRUCK IT SKID OUT AND SLID BACKWARDS DOWNT HE RAMP THE RIGHT BACK WHEELS WENT INTO A HOLE AND TRUC5 TURNED OVER

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