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1983–2026
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July 14, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · Struck against a moving object

LOADING TRUCKS, DURING LAG TIME HAULING ROAD BASE FROM UNDER CONVEYOR BELT TO ROADBASE STOCKPILE 75 FEET AWAY. BUCKET WAS FULL AND HALFWAY IN THE AIR. GAVE LOADER GAS TO DUMP, RIGHT TIRE WENT UP EMBANKMENT. ROLLED MACHINE ON IT'S LEFT SIDE.

February 24, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE USING LOADER BUCKET AS A STEP STOOL TO REACH A RETURN ROLLER THE MECHANIC WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND LOADER BUCKET. THE OEPRATOR OF THE LOADER ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED THE PAR K BRAKE WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE LOADER TO ASSIST THE REPAIR. THE LOADER BUCKET WAS APPROX. 4' OFF THE GROUND.

October 21, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING AROUND CONVEYOR BELT, SLIPPED & CAUGHT HAND IN BELT.

September 13, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED SKIN OFF FINGER IN BELTS ON CONVEYOR.

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