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March 16, 1990 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Holmes Limestone Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONTRACTOR HAULING SHALE/FILL FROM MINE TO COMMERCIAL BUILDING SITE. OPERATOR PARKED TRUCK AND ENGAGED PARKING BRAKE AND AIR AXLE. OPERATOR EXITED TRUCK, GOT ONTO 988B LOADER FILLED HIS BUCK ET, BACKED UP AND APPARENTLY SAW TRUCK STARTING TO MOVE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER WHEN TRUCK CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK.

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