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EMPLOYEE SITTING IN TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH A 988 LOADER LODER HITTING TRUCK CAUSING TRUCK TO BOUNCE RESULTING IN NECK SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BY #49 HEAD PULLEY ON SHORT BELT WHILE TRYING TO CLEAR A ROCK FROM THE UNDR SIDE OR RETURN PORTION OF BELT
CLAIMS THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A PERIOD OF TWO TO THREE MONTHS CAUSED BY DRIVING OFF HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT.
THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO CLEAN OUT THE FEEDER. HE SIGNALED THE LOADER OPERATOR NOT TO FEED THE HOPPER. AFTER 5 MINUTES THE LOADER OPERATOR SAW THE FEEDER RUNNING & ASSUMED IT WAS ALRIGHT TO DUMP . THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE FEEDER AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL DUMPED STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE
EE WAS DISLODGING A ROCK FROM THE SIDE OF A HEAD PULLEY. THE BELT WAS STOPPED. THE BELT MOVED SLIGHTLY BACKWARD PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK & A SIDE PIECE OF ANGLE.