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OPERATOR CARRYING LARGE ROCK IN BUCKET.ROCK ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET CAUSING LOADER TO BOUNCE.OPERATOR HIT HEAD ON HEAT CONTROL KNOBS AT TOP OF CAB CUTTING HIS HEAD.SEAT BELTS AVAILABLE BUT NOT WO RN.
THE OPERATOR WAS SITTING ON THE JOHN DEER BACKHOE NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS UNDERNEATH THE TRAIN LOADOUT WITH THE ENGIN RUNNING. A TRAIN, WHICH WAS LOADING AT ANOTHER LOADOUT, WAS BACKING UP A FAST RATE OF SPEED AND WITHOUT A BRAKEMAN. THE OPERATOR COULDN'T HEAR THE TRAIN UNTIL IT WAS ABOUT FIVE FEET AWAY. HE THEN JUMPED FROM THE MACHINE TO TEH GROUND. WE THEN TOOK HIM TO THE H
LOADING ROCK OUT OF SHOT. ROCK ROLLED OUT OT SHOT AND HIT BUCKET OF LOADER. OPER. WAS SHAKEN UP BUT FINISHED SHIFT AND WENT OT DR. AFTERWARDS WHERE HE WAS X RAYED ASND FJOUND HE HAD 2 SL IGHT PULL OF MUSCLES IN BACK AN D HIP.