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LOADER OPERATOR WAS TRAVELING FORWARD AT A LOW SPEED WHILE LIFTING A LOADED BUCKET. THE LIFT LEVER STUCK IN THE LIFTING POSITION, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WORE APPLIED, THE LOADER NOSED OVER AND R ESTED ON BUCKET.
I,NAME WAS LOADING THE SCRAPER, WHEN A PIECE OF SHALE BROKE OFF AND WAS SPINNED OUT FROM UNDER THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL INTO THE HOLE LEFT BY THE PIECE OF SHALE JARRING HIM AROUND IN THE CAB.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A DEFLECTOR PLATE ON THE SHUTTLE CONVEYOR THE DEFLECTOR WAS BROUGHT CLOSE TO THE RUNNING CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR GRIPPED THE PLATE AND HIS HAND PULLING T HEM DOWNWARD CAUSING SEVERE LACERATION