SCRAPER OPERATOR DID NOT LEAVE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL DURING COOL DOWN PERIOD. SCRAPER MOVED FORWARD AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED DRAGGING BOWL IN THE GROUND UNTIL IT STRUCK DOZER IN THE SAME SERV ICE LIMIT WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON DOZER. MECHANIC INJURED RIGHT FLANK.
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June 19, 1989
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck against a moving object
Unc Mining & Milling · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
E.E. WAS OPERATING PETTIBONE, ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE 6"-12\ I BEAM THAT WAS STANDING ON TO 12\ POLES OF 4" PIPE. FORKS RAISED THE I BEAM, THE WELD BROKE CAUSING THE BEAM TO SLIDE OFF THE FORKS A ND STRUCK ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS STANDING NEARBY.
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