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March 4, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Premier Granite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING A FRONT END LOADER UP A DIRT RAMP AND WHEN HE POSITIONED THE MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO A 6-7 FOOT VERTICAL BANK, THE LEFT REAR TIRE SLID OFF THE BANK CAUSING THE MACHINE TO FLI P UPSIDE DOWN AND PINNING THE EMPLOYEE BENEATH.

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