EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING IN COAL PIT WHEN LOADER WHEEL RAN IN SINK HOLE CAUSING EMPLOYEE'S HEAD TO HIT THE WINDOWGLASS SCRAPING HIS EAR.
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Showing all 3EMPLOYEE HAD BACKED HAULER INTO PIT WHERE LOADER WAS LOADING HAULERS. AFTER LOADER HAD PUT 2 DIPPERS ON HAULER, A LARGE BOULDER BROKE LOSE FROM HIGHWALL FALLING ON RIGHT REAR CORNER OF BED.
EMP DRIVING SERVICE TRUCK UP STEEP GRADE TO DRILL LOCATION UNIVERSAL JOINT IN DRIVE LINE BROKE FREEING DRIVESHAFT TO FLOP UNCONTROLLED UNDER TRUCK BREAKING BRAKE LINE. WITH BROKEN DRIVE LINE A ND NO BRAKES TRUCK WAS FREE TO ROLL BACKWARDS OFF OF HILL. TRUCK ROLLED OVER AT BOTTOM OF HILL THROWING DRIVER AROUND INSIDE CAB CAUSING SLIGHT BRUISES ON NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER