The employee was dumping a piece of waste granite off the forks on a lift truck. The material rolled to the ends of the forks which lifted the back of the forklift. The material continued to fall off the forks which caused the rear of the forklift to fall back to the surface. The employee only decided to visit a doctor a couple of weeks after the event when the pain increased.
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July 21, 2011
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
POWERED HAULAGE
The N. C. Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object
November 2, 2007
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
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The N. C. Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object
The employee was operating a front-end loader. While moving forward to load the bucket he hit an unseen rock ledge which threw the operator into the right armrest injuring the right lower ribcage.
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