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November 18, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Frank N Butler Company · Struck against a moving object

FROM PRELIMINARY: THE SCRAPER WAS ASCENDING A RAMP AFTER BEING LOADED AND STOPPED JUST AS IT APPROACHED THE CREST. IT TRAVELED BACKWARD DOWN RAMP ABOUT 90 FEET, PROCEEDED OVER THE HIGHWALL AND DROPPED 78 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR.

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