Injured workers were attempting to dislodge a rock from the jaw crusher and were using an excavator to lift the rock with when the hydraulic lock on the excavator bucket released and the bucket fell onto the top of the jaw crusher and slid over on to the workers.
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Curtis Sand & Gravel · Struck by powered moving object
June 1, 2004
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
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Curtis Sand & Gravel · Struck by powered moving object
Injured workers were attempting to dislodge a rock from the jaw crusher and were using an excavator to lift the rock with when the hydraulic lock on the excavator bucket released and the bucket fell onto the top of the jaw crusher and slid over on to the workers.
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