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A DOZER AND ROCK TRUCK COLLIDED ON THE MAIN HAUL ROAD WHEN THE DOZER WAS BACKING ONTO THE HAUL ROAD TO MAKE ANOTHER PASS WHILE PUSHING TOP SOIL UP A SLOPPED BACK FILL AREA. THE DOZER'S RIPPER CONTACTED THE TRUCK'S CAT WALK, COLLAPSED THE DOOR ON THE OPERATOR'S SIDE AND SCRAPED THE TRCUK BED. WHEN THE DOOR COLLAPSED, THE TRUCK DRIVER SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ARM.

TWO MINERS WERE STANDING IN PIT WATCHING THE HIGHWALL. LOADER OPERATOR MOTIONED TO PIT MEN TO CLEAR AREA. ON PITMAN HUDGED THE OTHER MINER, SPOKE HIS NAME AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE LOADER. LOAD ER TRAMMED FORWARD AND NUDGED MINER IN THE BACK WHO HAD FAILED TO MOVE.

ACCIDENT VICTIM HAD PARKED HIS TRUCK ON SLOPING GROUND TO BE LOADED WITH COAL. AFTER BEING LOADED HE APPARENTLY PLACED THE SHIFT SELECTOR IN REVERSE INSTEAD OF 1ST FORWARD GEAR. AS THE TRUCK W ENT BACKWARD, THE OPERATOR COULD NOT THE TRUCK AND JUMPED TO THE GROUND.