CLEANING SAND FROM UNDER FEEDER BELT ON POWER SCREEN. EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING LAST BIT OF SAND FROM BENEATH BELT. OPERATOR NOTIFIED EVERYONE THAT HE WOULD RESTART POWER SCREEN. INJURED EMPLOYEE F AILED TO SHUT GAURD PANEL AND CONTINUED BLOWING SAND FROM BENEATH BELT. WHEN BELT STARTED, INJURED EMPLOYEE GOT AIR HOSE CAUGHT UNDER BELT AND DRUG HIS ARM OVER ROLLER.
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Showing all 4HE WAS DRIVING A TRUCK DOWN A STEEP INCLINE. HE SAID THE DOOR CAME OPEN AND HE FELL OUT HE WAS NOT WEARING A SCRATCH AS IS REQUIRED.
UNSAFE SPEED DRIVER NEG CURVE AT UNSAF SPEED CAUSING LOAD OF ROCK TO SHIFT IN TRUCK BED WHICH IN TURN CAUSED TRUCK TO LAY OVER ON DRIVERS SIDE OF TRUCK.
WAS DRIVING ON CRUSHER ROAD AND A CALF RAN IN FRONT OF HIM.TO AVOID HITTING IT HE RAN UP THE EMBANKMMENT AND TURNED TRUCK OVER.NO INJURIES NOTED AT THAT TIME SECOND DAY HE HAD LOW BACK PAIN F FROM BEING TOSSED AROUND IN THE CAB.