FORKLIFT AND TRUCK DRIVER WERE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION TOWARDS ENTRANCE RAMP TO PLANT. AS FORKLIFT STARTED UP RAMP, THE OPERATOR REMEMBERED A JOB HE NEEDED TO DO. HE PUT THE FORKLIFT IN R EVERSE AND WITHOUT SUFFICIENTLY LOOKING BACK, PROCEEDED BACK DWON THE RAMP. HE BACKED INTO THE TRUCK DRIVER AND, BEFORE HE COULD STOP, KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND RAN OVER HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE WI
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August 27, 1990
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
POWERED HAULAGE
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
July 16, 1987
VA · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
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White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BURNER UNIT PIC5ED UP BY CRANE AND HELD BY 2 NYLON STRAPS.UNIT GOT OVER-BALANCED STARTED TO FLIP TOWARD ME.HE TURNED & TRIED TO STOP IT HIS HAND WAS ON EDGE OF FRAME AND AS IT FLIPPED OVER THE STRAP MOVED AN8 CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN STRAP AND EDGE OF FRAME AND MASHED HIS FINGER.
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