The employee was operating a skid steer and had brought the forks up into the air when they became loose and swung down fracturing his leg. The forks had not been locked, they were thought to be an automatic lock but was actually a manual lock.
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Apache Stone Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Apache Stone Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EE was working at a chopper pushing rock through when he became caught in the machine, resulting in his finger being smashed.
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