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INJURED WAS OPERATING 20 TON LOCOMOTIVE. HE APPLIED ELECTRIC BRAKE TO STOP. ELECTRIC BRAKE DIDN\T WORK. INJURED THEN APPLIED AIR BRAKE WHICH DI WORK BUT MOTORMAN WAS AFRAID HE COULDN\T STOP IN TIME AND JUMPED OFF THE LOCOMOTIVE. HE FELL TO THE MINE FLOOR INJURING HIS RT. SHOULDER AND BACK.
TRACK JEEP FAILED TO STOP AT MANTRIP STATION. INJURED WAS NOT IN THE SEAT BUT RIDING ON THE FENDER. JEEP COLLIDED WITH A PARKED JEEP. INJURED WAS THROWN BACKWARDS & BRUISED HIS TAILBONE ON THE BRAKE MECHANISM ON THE FENDER.
INJURED WAS OPERATING LOCOMOTIVE. LEAD FROM TROLLEY POLE HARP FELL ONTO TOP OF LOCOMOTIVE & SAME CAUSED ELECTRICAL ARC. INJURED REACHED FOR TROLLEY POLE TO TAKE IT OFF OF THE TROLLEY WIRE & H E HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROOF SUPPORT TIMBER.