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December 18, 1998 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE SAID THAT CONSTANT BOUNCING IN THE SEAT OF OFF ROAD TRUCK CAUSED VERTEBRA IN BACK OF GO OUTOF PLACE

November 25, 1997 IN · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING COAL OUT OF PIT WITH MACH TRUCK. HE STOPPED AT TOP OF HILL TO SHIFT. TRUCK ROLLED BACK DOWN THE HIT AND HIT THE BERM AND TURNED ON TO ITS SIDE. EMPLOYEE HIT HEAD ON DOOR FRAME AND RECEIVED A MILE CONCUSSION.

March 12, 1997 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING A CAT 777 AND HIT A BUMP IN ROADWAY AND SAT DOWN ON TESTICLE. REPORTED THIS ON 3-24-97. WILL NOT RELEASE MEDICAL RECORDS AND WE ARE PURSUING LEGAL ACTION TO GET THEM. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED ON MINE SITE. FIRST LOST TIME WAS 3-27-97.

March 11, 1996 IN · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE HIT A BUMP AND WAS TOSSED AGAINST THE SIDE OF CAB AND INTO A CONTROL LEVER. HE DID HAVE SEAT BELT ON.

November 16, 1995 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

HIWALL PUSHED END DUMP INTO SHOVEL CAUSING EE TO BUMP INTO DOOR CAUSING A SLIGHT DISLOCATION OF HIS SHOULDER.

December 5, 1994 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

A DRIVER WAS TRAVELING ON PHX SOUTH HAULAGE ROAD & AFTER EXITING A CURVE MET TRUCK #181. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A SOFT SHOULDER, PULLING THE TRUCK INTO A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH, CAUSING THE T RUCK TO LAY OVER ON ITS SIDE. ROAD CONDIDTIONS WERE WET AS A RESULT OF 2 DAYS OF RAIN.

September 6, 1994 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Struck against a moving object

A TRUCK DRIVEN BY EE WAS WAITING TO GET LOADED AT THE PREPARATION PLANT THE LOADER OPERATOR TOLD THE TRUCK DRIVER (EE) TO BACK UP THE DRIVER LOOKED IN BOTH MIRRORS & DID NOT SEE AY THING HE BA CKED UP APPROX 3 TO 4 FT & HIT ANOTHER PARKED TRUCK DRS REPORT STATED NO VERTEBRAE HAD A HAIR LINE CRACK

July 15, 1994 IN · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP CRUSHER TO LOADER WHEN LOADER BACK UP SUDDENLY AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND LOADER.

March 2, 1994 IN · Coal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A PIN INTO A HOLE TO HOOK UP A CRUSHER TO FRONT END LOADER. THE LOADER MOVED FORWARD AND CUT HIS FINGER.,

February 18, 1993 IN · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Phoenix Natural Resources Inc · Fall from machine

TWO END DUMPS WERE RUNNING TOGETHER AND BEING LAODED BY A 992-C. THE SYSTEM OF OPERATION WAS THE LAODED TRUCK WOULD WARN THE EMPTY ONE WOULD WAIT ON TOP FOR HIM. THIS TIMETHE EMPTY TRUCK CONT INUED DOWN THE RAM PA ND COLLIDED WITH THE LOADED TRUCK. THE OPERATOR AS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND HIT THE WINDSHILE DNAD WAS THROWN OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY.

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