EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH A CONVEYOR BELT REPAIR WITH A LOADER. BELT CLAMPS HAD BEEN PUT ON & CABLE COME ALONGS PULLED UP TO HOLD THE TWO ENDS TOGETHER. EE WAS ON THE CONVEYOR WHEN THE LOADER RELEASED THE PULL ON THE BELT & THE BELT ROLLED BACK PINNING EE'S LEG BETWEEN A ROLLER & THE BELT CLAMP.
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Showing all 4Employee was operating a 950E loader and claims to have backed into a drainage culvert and jarred his back.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES DRIVING ON ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSED SORENESS IN BACK. COMPANY IS QUESTIONING THE COMPENSABILITY OF CLAIM.
THE OPERATOR BACKED UP TO THE PILE WITH A BIN-TRUCK ON AN INCLINED AND BERMED RAMP TO DUMP HIS LOAD. WHEN HE RAISED THE BOX TO THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION THE ENTIRE LOAD WOULD NOT RELEASE AND THE OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE TRUCK FORWARD. THE TRUCK STARTED TO EASE OVER ONTO ITS PASSENGER SIDE WITH THE BOX COMING TO REST ON THE BERM. INJURIES CONSISTED OF MINOR BRUISES CUTS SCRA