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WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE HIT A ROUGH AREAIN THE ROADWAY AND WAS JARRED AROUND IN THE OPERATOR COMPARTMENT. TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.
WHILE OPERATING MANBUS COLIDED WITH LOW BOY. MOTOR WAS PULLING LOW BOY UP VECHILE AND BEGAN SLIDING BACKWARDS INJURED COULD NOT STOP. FAILURE TO TRAVEL WITHOUT ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE.
HAD CLEANED DUMP ARE AT FEEDER AS EE WAS PULLINGAWAY FROM FEEDER, SCOOP BECAME DISABLED. SHUTTLECAR APPROACHED FROM AROUND A 90DEG XCUT & STRUCKREA END OF SCOOP CAUSING INJ TO BE JARRED AROUND IN OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. AWARENESS, FAILURE TO OBSERVE A FACTOR
OPERATING MOTOR, COMING DOWN HILL, MOTOR STARTED TO SLIDE & STRUCK SCOOP CAR WITH TAIL PIECE IN BUCKET. HE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TAIL PIECE ROLLER & MOTOR FRAME. MOTOR BRAKES WERE OPERABLE. FAIL URE TO FOLLOW AT A SAFE DISTANCE WAS CAUSE.
WHILE OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR, HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE TRAMWAY, CAUSING HIM TO BE JARRED AGAINST THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT. RULES/REGS NOT A FACTOR; JOB SKILLS NOT A FACTOR; PROTECTIVE ITEMS NOT A FACTOR. AWARENESS, FAILURE TO OBSERVE A FACTOR. DIDN'T MISS WORK UNTIL 8/1/00.
DISABLE BATTEY MANBUS WAS LODED ON LOWBOY, OTHER MOTOR COULD NOT PULL IT UP INCLINE. INJURED APPROACED TO ASSIST PUSHING IT UP INLCINE, THE MOTOR COUPLER WENT UNDER THE COUPLER OF THE MAN BUS CAUSING INJURED TOP PINCH FINGER BETWEEN FRAM EOF MOTOR AND FRAME OF MANBUS.