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February 23, 2009 MD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Chaney Enterprises LTD Partnership · Struck against a moving object

Employee was using John Deere 350 D Excavator to load dirt and he hit a hard spot in the ground. That caused the machine to raise up on the back side. When the material broke loose, the machine fell back to the ground hard.

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