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July 15, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rydahl Industries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MIGHT NOT OF APPLIED PARKING BRAKE ALLOWING HIS LOADER TO ROLL PINCHING HIS BODY BETWEEN TWO LOADERS. REMOVING A CABLE FROM LOADER. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL LOADER WHERE THE EL ECTRIC TOGGLE SWITCH CAN BE PUSHED, HOWEVER LANDING BETWEEN ON AND OFF YET ALLOW OPERATOR TO FEEL CONFIDENT THE SWITCH BUT WON'T SWEAR TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE IT.

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