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March 21, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING TRUCK ON INCLINE STRUCK POT HOLE IN RAMP

June 25, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVES A CAT 769B END DUMP, HAULING ROCK TO THE CRUSHER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING UP THE RAMP OUT OF THE QUARRY PIT, THE WINDSHIELD RUBBER GASKET BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE STEERING WHE

April 9, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE FEEDING THE SECONDARY PLANT, USING A FRONT END LOADER, THE ENGINE DIED, THE OPERATOR FROZE, THE LOADER ROLLED DOWN THE SURGE PILE INTO THE GAB PILE, RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEES WHIPLASH I NJURY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOADER OR WORK AREA AS THIS WAS HIS FIRST DAY WORKING IN THIS AREA.

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