The loader operator was digging a rock off of the edge of the pit when the rock slipped off of the loader bucket, rolled into the pit causing the back end of the loader to bounce up and down in the pit and later he felt pain in his back and neck. EE started missing on 10/5/2012.
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Showing all 4The truck operator had backed the truck to the toe of the berm, set the dump brake & was dumping the load when the spoil material hung against the tail gate causing the front end of the truck to be lifted into the air causing the cab to turn onto it's side. He was taken to the hospital, was examined, released & returned to work & finished working the remainder of the shift.
Employee dumping D300E articulating truck. Load stuck, raising cab off ground, allowing cab to turn onto its side.
Employee's hand and wrist began to swell and became sore. He states that climbing into and out of the cab of the articulating truck caused the swelling. He did not fall.