DOZER OP WAS AT7EMPTING TO PULL A LOWBOY TRACTOR/TRAILER OUT OF A SOFT GROUND AREA WHERE IT WAS STUCK. A HEAVY DUTY TYPE CHAIN WAS CONNECTED TO T HE REAR OF THE DOZER & FRONT OF THE LOWBOY. WHILE THE DOZE9 WAS PULLING THE HOOK ON THE LOWBOY END OF THE CHAIN HOOK BROKE WHICH IN TURN KICKED THE CHAIN BACK TO TEH DOZER WITH THE BROKEN HOOK STRIKING THE DOZER OP ON THE LEFT SIDE O
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July 21, 1987
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
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Three Locks Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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