OPERATOR STALLED HIS DOZER HE THEN CLIMBED OUTSIDE ONTO TRACKS AND TRIED TO START DOZER BY CROSSING STARTER WITH A SCREWDRIVER. THE DOZZER STARTED RELEASING THE HYDROLIC BRAKING SYSTEM. THE OPERATOR HAD PUT BOTH THEH RIPPER AND BLADE ON THE GROUND BUT THE MACHINE DRIFTED BACK THROWING THE OEPRATOR TO THE GROUND.
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January 23, 1997
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Tdk Coal Sales Inc · Fall from machine
October 25, 1991
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Tdk Coal Sales Inc · Struck against a moving object
ACCORDING TO THE EE HE WAS OPERATING THE CAT D9H DOZER, GOING BACKWARDS OVER SOME ROCKS AND TOOK WHAT HE SAYS IS A JOLT THAT IS THE DOZER CAME DOWN QUICKLY AFTER GOING OVER SOME ROCKS. A PAIN THEN DEVELOPED IN HIS SHOULDER AND HIS HAND WENTNUMB A COUPLE TIMES THAT DAY.
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