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CARRYING GASOLINE THEN SLIPPED SPLASHING GAS ONTO NECK AREA NOT FOR SURE IF LIT CIGARETTE CAUSED GAS TO IGNITE BUT PRESUMED SINCE CIGARETT BUT WAS FOUND NECK ACCIDENT.
SLIPPED ON ICE.3
I.NAME WAS SAMPLING ORE IN SOUTH FACE OF FRINGE PIT AND 145-1 DOZER PUSHED LOOSE MATERIAL OVER BANK BURING I.NAME\S LEG (LEFT) JUST ABOVE KNEE AND RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE, BRUISING LEFT HAND (PA LM) AND BRUISING ARM ABOVE WRIST. NO LOST TIME.
OUTBURST APPROX 700 FT SOUTH OF NORTH END OF HIGHWALL NO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE NO EMPLOYEES INJURED 1000 TON APPROX SLUFF
I.NAME WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK AT THE CHAMP TIPPLE AND TWISTED HE ANKLE AND FELL. IT WAS AT THE END OF THE SHIFT
I.NAME WAS IN PROCESS OF INSTALLING HEATERS IN A NEW KOMASTSU CAB, THE CAB WAS ON THE GROUND. HE CLIMBED TO TOP OF CAB AND LIFTED FOLDING DOOR TO GAIN ACCESS TO HEATER COMPARTMENT. AS DOOR OPE NED HE MOVED BACK SLIGHTLY CAUGHT HEELS ON LIFTING FIXTURE, HE FELL BACKWARD OFF THE CAB, APPROIX 4\, THRUST HIS ARMS BEHIND TO BREAK THE FALL, FRACTURES RESULTED
I.NAME WAS LOADING UNDER #239 SHOVEL AND THE TRUCK WAS HIT BY THE BUCKET OF THE SHOVEL. SHOVEL OPERATOR I.NAME WAS OPERATING SHOVEL RECKLESSLY CAUSING BODILY INJURY TO TRUCK DRIVER
I.NAME WAS LETTING DOWN POWER CABLE WHEN SNAP RING THAT HOLDS GEAR IN HAND WINCH CAME OUT OR BROKE LETTING TWO STRANDS OF POWER CABLE FALL FROM TOP OF TOWER. POWER CABLE HIT I.NAME AND KNOCKED HIM OFF OF THE TOWER
HE WAS AT OILER BOXCARS, MAN WAS LOADING GREASE ON LUBE TRUCK, PULLING MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EQUIPMENT FAILURE- ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS