May 9, 2002
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
TLC Rock Products, Inc. · Struck against a moving object
DRIVING LOADER TO GET BUCKETFUL OF DIRT, OPERATOR ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUCKET RELEASE. THE BUCKET DROPPED TO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE LOADER TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEAR ING SEATBELT, THEREFORE HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.