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Driver backed to the berm of the dump site and did not stop. 85 ton rock truck he was driving pushed through the berm. Truck rolled down the embankment and the driver jumped from the truck.
Employee was cleaning auger hole and some piece of top was going up conveyor. He went to the conveyor to throw the pieces off. A piece rolled down and hit his finger between a rock and the paddle on the conveyor.
Reached into feeder to clean out coal dust, got fingers stuck in paddles. Cut forefinger and middle finger on left hand.
ROCK FLEW OUT FROM UNDER TIRE OF 150 TON TRUCK AND HIT LT. LEG IN CALF.
THIS A NECK SPRAIN DUE TO A LOADER BEING OPERATED WITHOUT AN AIR PNEOMATIC CUSHIONED OPERATORS SEAT. THE AIR CUSHRION WAS BROKEN.
ROCK TRUCK BACKED INTO SECOND ROCK TRUCK. HURT OPERATOR TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. BACK OF FIRST TRUCK WAS COMING AT HIM IN CAB. TRUCK HIT AND OPERATOR JAMBED KNEE IN DASH.
LOST CONTROL OF 45 MACK ROCK TRUCK- STEERING FAILURE. OPERATOR HAD SEAT BELT ON. TRUCK WENT INTO CORN FIELD. OPERATOR HURT LOWER BACK AND LEG. TRUCK WAS BEING TRANSPORTED FROM PIT TO PIT ON CO UNTY ROAD.