Miner was using a bobcat skid steer to clean clay/debris off the railcar tracks in the plant. The bobcat came to a sudden stop when the buck caught a joint section on the tracks. The miner was secured in the bobcat with the seat restraints and the force from the sudden stop caused pain in his lower back
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Christy Minerals LLC · Struck against a moving object
December 27, 2010
MO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Christy Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Using bobcat to haul a bucket of chain. Bucket of chain fell back into cab of bobcat on right knee.
Christy Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
dumping material from a bobcat over a handrail. Material hangs in bucket,bobcat tilts forward and operator reaches out and grabs handrail and the bobcat rolls back and smashes finger between bucket and handrail.
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