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THE MAN WAS OPERATING A 15 TON GOODMAN MOTOR, WHEN HE WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE MOTOR HE WAS OPERATING AND STEEL ARCH BEAMS.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A MANTRIP DOWN A GRADE OF 9.8 PERCENT WITHOUT WORKING BRAKES TWO TENTHS OF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD HE CLIMBED THE HILLSIDE FOR THE THIRD TIME TRYING TO SLOW THE MANTRIP DOWN THE MANTRIP ROLLED ON ITS SIDE WITH THE EMPLOYEE UNDERNEATH WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH
THE MAN WAS INS7ALLING FISH PLATES ALONG THE 2 WEST TRACK WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GALIS TRACK JEEP THAT WAS PROPELLED INTO HIM BY A RUNAWAY MOTOR TRIP (5 LOADED CARS AND 1 15 TON MOTOR THE GA LIS JEEP STRUCK3THE MAN AND CARRIED HIM APPROX 27 FT PINNING HIM AGAINST AN OVERCAST
A HAULAGE ACCIDENT OCCURED AT 4:40 PM, 3-5-84. THE ROADWAY WAS DAMP AND IT HAD JUST STARTED TO RAIN. THE EYE WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS OBSERVING THE VICTIM AS HE WAS COMING AROUND THE ROAD TO WARD THE OUTER SPOIL BANK. AT THIS TIME THE TRUCK SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OVER, PINNING THE VICTIM UNDER THE TRUCK. INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND UPPER TRUNK APPEAR TO HAVE CAU
EMPLOYEE WAS WAITING FOR BOLTER ATRS TO BE SET UP. AS THE ROOF BOLTER ATRS WAS BEING ADVANCED BY I.NAME, LOOSE ROCK BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE RIB OR BETWEEN BOLTS - CRUSHING THE VICTIM TO THE MINE FLOOR