February 28, 2001
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Duman Inc · Fall from machine
DRIVING LOADER DOWN STEEP HAUL ROAD TO ASSIST FOREMAN WITH BURM REPAIR ON LEVEL SECTION OF ROAD. (AS REQUESTED BY MSHA INSPECTOR ON SITE JUST BEFORE ACCIDENT.) LOADER WAS FOUND TO BE IN 2ND GE AR / REVERSE HANGING ON BOULDER USED AS BURM. OPERATOR JUMPED DOWN AND BROKE LEG.