OPERATOR OF TRACTOR WAS LOADING HAY BALES ON THESTRAWBLOWER, AS THE STRAWBLOWER PASSED THE TRACTOR, THE OPERATOR LOOKED AT THE STRAWBLOWER, THE BALE CONTINUED TO RAISE WHEN IT REACHED THE TOP OF THE LIFT, THE BALE CAME OVER THE BACK OF THE LIFT STRIKING THE HOOD OF THE TRACTOR & THE OPERATOR. THE BALE PUSHED STEERING WHEEL AGAINST HISKNEES & PUSHED GLASSES & CUT NOSE & HURT NECK.
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January 15, 2000
IL · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Roper Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 4, 2000
IL · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Roper Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object
OPERATOR WAS PUSHING NO. 2 OVERBURDEN WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY BACKED OVER A ROCK THROWING HIS RIGHT ELBOW INTO STEEL GUARD ON RIGHT CONSOLE.
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