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May 18, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE IN PROCESS OF LIFTING THE CONVEYOR BELT'S BASKET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FRONT END LOADER. I.NAME WAS THE FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR WHIEL I.NAME REMAINED ON THE GROUND HOLDING THE BASK ET STEADY. WHEN I.NAME SIGNALLED HIM TO LIFT THE BASKET, HE LIFTED TOO QUICKLY, JERKING BOTH THE BASKET AND I.NAME OFF THE GROUND.

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