Apparently the victim attempted to install drill steel with the mast vertical and the drill head rotating. The victim became entangled in the rotating drill steel when the steel cross threaded in the drill collar.
LOADER OPERATOR OTHER INFORMED HIS FOREMAN, EE THAT HIS LOADER HAD AN OIL LEAK. EE TOLD OTHER THAT HE COULDN'T FIND THE LEAK, CLIMBED DOWN, WENT TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT, RETURNED, & CLIMBED UNDER THE LOADER TO LOOK FOR LEAK. OTHER THINKING THEY WERE DONE, CLOSED THE COWLING, GET INTO THE CAB, AND PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE. EE HEARING THE BACKUP ALARM, UNSUCESSFULLY TRI