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April 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Southway Construction Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR

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