August 3, 1996
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Aim Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object
EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM HOPPER. HE THEN MOVED OUT OF HIS DESIGNATED WORKING AREA AND CLOSE TO THE OPENING OF THE HOPPER, WHERE THE BACKHOE WAS WORKING IN A CONFINED AREA. BACKHOE OPERAT OR WAS UNABLE TO SEE EE AND MOVE THE BOOM OF THEBACKHOE CAUSING THE BUCKET TO BUMP EE'S HEAD AND HIS AND SHOULDER TO BE BUMPED AGAINST HOPPER WALL.