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MINER WAS OPERATING COAL CRUSHER WHEN A LARGE PIECE WAS LODGED IN THE DOOR LEADING OUT OF HOPPED. HE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE IT WITH A METAL PRY BAR. THE MINER SAID HE FEEL A POP IN HIS BACK WH EN HE APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE PRY BAR.
MINER WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK DOWN HILL IN LEFT HAND TRAFFIC. HE WAS GOING AROUND RIGHT CURVE WHEN HE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER TRUCK GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH HAD SLID OVER INTO GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHICH HAD SLID OVER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE SIDES A THE TWO VEHCLES COLLIDED AND 1ST DRIVER WAS THROWN AGAINST DOOR GLASS BRUISING SHOULDER.
FELL BACKWARDS-WALKING DOWNHILL-ON WET HILL--...HILLSIDE WHEN FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER MINER.
MECHANIC WALKING BACKWARDS ON MECHANIC\S PAD DRAGGING HEAVY JACKSTAND. SLIPPED & HAD JACKSTAND FALL ON HIS KNEE & GROIN AREA.
MINER ATTEMPTING TO LIFT TONGUE OUT OF LIGHT PLANT TO SWING JACK OUT FROM UNDER IT. MINER EXPERIENCED SLIPPED VERTABRAE & PELVIS DISLOCATION.
OP PASSED OUT - HAD GONE TO SEE A PHY AND THERE IS NO EXPLANATION