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EE was loading tram motor for transport. EE asked for a sling to be thrown to him, the sling was thrown to him but one end caught a control lever on the Bobcat. The EE pulled on the sling which activated the control lever causing the Bobcat to run up on his leg.
STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN MBC BROKE LOOSE - WAS NOT REPORTABLE AT THE TIME - TOLD TO GO ON LIGHT DUTY 8/21/02 - LOST NO TIME. 10/3/02 HAD MORE PAIN - NOW REQUIRING FOLLOW UP TREATMENT.
MBC UNIT WERE BACKING UP INCLING IN BELT ENTRY WHEN A CONNECTING HINGE PIN BROKED THIS SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE THROWN OUT OF HIS SEAT AND AGAINST A BIG ROCK.
WHILE LOADING SCOOP BEHIND BRIDGE CONVEYOR, EE WAS OPERATING STEERING, IN BACK AND FORTH MOTION TO LOAD BUCKET EVENLY, FROM OUTSIDE OF SCOOP DECK. EE'S LEG GOT CAUGHT IN PINCH POINT AREA OF SC OOP AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE.