I.NAME WAS STANDING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE TAIL PULLEY BASE OF OUR STACKER AS IT WAS BEING MOVED. A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY FRAMEWORK AND UNDER TENSION USING A BACKHOE . THE CHAIN SHIFTED AS TENSION WAS APPLIED DISLOEDGING A METAL FRAGMENT INTO THE SIDE OF I.NAME'S FACE. THE LACERATION WAS 3/8 INCHES LONG BY 1/4 DEEP.
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Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck by flying object
October 19, 1989
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
DOZER SLID OFF OF A ROCK JARRING THE OPERATOR.
Basin Creek Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
BACK HOE HOOKED A ROCK, LIFTING THE TRACK OFF THE GROUND. BEFORE THE PRESSURE COULD BE RELIEVED, THE ROCK CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE HOE TO VOLT SEVERELY.
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