THE EE WAS THE DRIVER OF A 50 TON EUCLID END DUMP. THE TRUCK WAS LOADED GOING UP A RAMP. THE ENGINE QUIT IN PULL, THEN DRIFTED BACK APPROX 20 TO30 FT. UPON SIDE SLOPE & TURNED OVER ON IT'S SID E. THE BATTERY HOLDER BROKE & LET THE BATTERIES GO THROUGH THE SIDE WINDOW HITTING THE OPERATOR IN THE BACK. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
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March 11, 1996
OH · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Avis Coal Company · Struck by falling object
June 2, 1994
OH · Coal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
Avis Coal Company · Struck against a moving object
WAS SITTING IN A R50 EUCLID ROCK TRUCK WHILE BEING LOADER BY A 992 C LOADER. BACK CAME OUT OF LOADER BUCKET INTO ROCK TRUCK SHAKING OPERATOR.
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