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THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN SCOOP BUCKET 10 BREAKS OFF SECTION ON WAY OUTSIDE. WHEN SCOOP ROUNDED CURVE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, GRABBED BUCKET TO KEEP FROM FALLING. THE DRIVER SWERVED AND HIT RIB SMA SHING HIS FINGERS AND LACERATING THE MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
THE EE WAS HELPING SCOOP OPERATOR LOAD ROCK DUSTMACHINE. HE SLIPPED FELL AT SAME TIME SCOOP OPERATOR LET HIS BUCKET DOWN. THE FOOT BUCKET HIT HIS FOOT SMASHING IT. THIS WAS REPORTED 4/3/97
EE WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER TRUCK 10 WHEELER DOWN A STEEP GRADE WHEN COMING UPON OTHER VEHICLE TO FAST EE DOWN SHIFTED AND KILLED ENGINE. RESULTING OF HITTING OTHER TRUCK IN REAR. HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS INJURED. OTHER DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED.
EE WAS HAULING COAL FROM DEEP MINE TO PREP PLANT. THIS WAS HIS 3RD LOAD FOR THE SHIFT WHEN DUE TO DRIVER ERROR--HAD TRUCK IN TOO HIGH GEAR AND RAN TRUCK INTO DITCH AND JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND SKINNED HANDS ON GRAVELS. EE DISOBEYED SEVERAL COMPANY POLICIES. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASED.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING SCOOP AND GET PINNED AGAINST TOP.