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EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRIVING WEST ON HWY 60 AND APPROACHING TRUCK; HE DID NOT NOTICE DUMP TRUCK BRAKE LIGHTS AND STRUCK REAR END OF TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE #2 FEEDER FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST WHEN THE LOCKING HANDLE FELL INTO THE GRATING STOPPING THE FEEDER. EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED OFF FEEDER CAUSING HIS WEIGHT TO COME DOWN ON LEFT ARM EXTENDED.
WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FEEDER THE INJURED WAS STANDING ON FEEDER PLATFORM HOLDING UP OUTSIDE CHUTE LEVER SO FEEDER COULD BE MOVED BY CHUTE.HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN CENTER CHUTE AND FEE DER AT HEAD LEVEL.HE JERKED HIS HEAD DOWN AND HEAD STRUCK CENTER CHUTE HANDLE BEHIND HIS RIGHT EAR.IN THE ACT OF GETTING FROM BETWEEN CHUTE AND FEEDER HE STRUCK HIS LEFT EAR AGAINST FEEDER ST
WHILE CHECKING IDLERS EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE UP AN IDLER WITH BUILD UP ON IT. THIS OCCURRED WITH BELT RUNNING. BELT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE AND PULLED HAND INTO SYSTEM BETWEEN BELT AND IDLER.
ROVING UTILITY 2PERATOR & WASTE CONTROL OPERATORWERE BOTH GOING AROUND LAKE ANN WEST IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WHEN THEY CAME AROUND A BLIND CURVE ERATOR HIT THE STEERING WHEEL WITH HER CHIN
AS THE EMPLOYEE GATHERED HIS TOOLS FROM THE BED OF THE BUCKET TRUCK THE BUCKET WHICH HAD BEEN SET DOWN ON SOME LOOSE MATERIAL SETTLED AND THE BUCKET DROPPED ON THE EMPLOYEES FOOT BREAKING HIS TOE.