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EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING WITH INSTALLATION OF A SUSPENSION CYLINDER ON A 773B CAT TRUCK THE CYLINDER WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING TORQUE WRENCH ON THE BOTTOM RETAINING PLAT E WHEN THE CYCL3NDER EXTENDED FELL PINCHING EMPLOYEES THUMB BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND A HYDRAULIC JACK WHICH HAD BEEN USED TO REMOVE THE OLD CYLINDER HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CRUSHED AND IT WAS DEEMED

I,NAME WAS DRIVING A 50 TON HAUL TRUCK #2927. WHEN HE DROVE INTO THE STOCKPILE AREA, HE LOST THE BRAKES ON THE TRUCK. (HE TOLD THIS TO HIS FOREMAN AFTERWARDS) HE HEADED THE TRUCK INTO A BERM. HT THEN JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK.