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August 14, 2000 TX · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Northwestern Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER COMING UP THE DX RAMP. THE TRAILER HITCH BROKE LOOSE AND THE TRUCK REARED UP. WHEN THE TRUCK CAME BACK DOWN, IT JARRED HIM. HE HAS BEEN SEEING A DOCTOR SIN CE THEN AND ON 10-6-00, HE MISSED HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK DUE TO THE INCIDENT.

May 30, 2000 TX · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Northwestern Resources Company · Struck against a moving object

THE INJURY INVOLVED NO ASPECT OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE. THE INJURY INVOLVED EQUIPMENT 4011 THE INJURY OCCURRED DUE TO AN INTERNAL WELD OF THE TRAILER'S NOSE CONE FAILING.

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