EMPLOYEE WAS OEPRATING A CATERPILLAR 631-C SCRAPER TRACTOR AT 4:15 PM, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL OF THE TRACTOR WENT INTO A CONVERT HEAD SUMP ABOUT THREE FEET DEEP. THE WHEEL ROLLED FORWARD OUT OF THE SUMP, THE TRACTOR STRUCK THE BANK A GLANCING BLOW, AND THE SCRAPER WENT ABOUT 40' DIAGONALLYA CROSS THE ROAD, STOPPING WITH THE DRIVERS PARTIALLY OVER THE BERM. THE SCRAPER WAS STOPPED B
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November 4, 1989
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Calgom Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object
Royal Kanaka Creek Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN (SAFETY) AND ORE CAR.
Royal Kanaka Creek Corp · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING ORE CAR HE WAS RIDING ON THE BACK OF THE CAR HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HARD HAT DUCKED DOWN AND HIT HIS CHIN ON SHARP ROCK IN THE ORE CAR.
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