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INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK WHEN HE LOST AIR PRESSURE. EE HIT THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE TRUCK OVERTURNED ON ITS TOP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF EE'S LEFT LEG. (EE WAS NOT THROWN FROM VEHICLE.)
INJURED WAS RUNNING A ROCK TRUCK. DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND POOR VISIBILITY, HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND PUSHED OVER THE BARRIER AND WENT OVER THE DUMP SITE.
INJURED WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER, LOADING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN A ROCK CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE LOADER STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RT.LEG CAUSING A BRUISE.
A RISH EQUIPMENT MECHANIC PULLED HIS SERVICE TRUCK INTO THE PIT NEXT TO A HITACHI SHOVEL. AFTER MECHANIC WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE SHOVEL, THE MECHANIC GOT INTO HIS TRUCK TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY . THE SHOVEL OPERATOR STARTED THE SHOVEL AND SWUNG AROUND BEFORE THE MECHANIC WAS CLEAR. THE SHOVEL'S COUNTERWEIGHT STRUCK THE CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK INJURING THE MECHANIC.