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November 3, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Specification Stone Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS DU4PING WASTE MATERIAL OVER A GRIZZLEY FOR STONE SIZING AND APPARENTLY BACKED DOWN THE SLOPE FROM THE WASTE PIPE INSTEAD OF COMING DOWN FORWARD THE LOADER OVERTURNED CRUSHING THE CAB OF THE LOA8ER

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