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July 19, 1999 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Elam Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DUMPING EXCESS MATERIAL INTO A POND. THERE WAS A BERM APPROX 10 FT FROM THE EDGE. BERM CAVED IN

May 9, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Elam Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSISTING AN OUTSICDE VENDOR TO INSTALL A BUCKET SCALE ON A LOADER, WHILE UNDER VENDORS DIRECTION AND CONTROL HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE A HYDRAULIC LINE. UPON DOING SO HE WAS SPRAYED W IHT HYDRAULIC OIL TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND IN DOING SO BECAME TRAPPED UNDER THE BUCKET AS IT SETTLED INTO THE GROUND.

March 26, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Elam Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS APPROACHING BACNK HE DUG INTO THE BVANK & RHE RIGHT FRONT TIRE STARTED TO SINK THE GROUND COLLAPSED & THE LOADER TURNED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE EE (FOREMAN) WAS AT THE SITE BEFORE & AFT ER THE INCIDENT WHAT APPEARS IS THE GROUND WAS FROZEN ON TOP & WATER UNDERMINED THE INTEGRITY OF THE SURFACE CAUSING THE LOADER TO TIP THERE WAS NO

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