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August 25, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Powley Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS WORKING THE FACE OF THE BANK. INSTEAD OF WORKING THE FACE EVENLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE THE OPERATOR WAS DIGGING IN ONE SPOT IN THE MIDDLE, UNDERMINING THE BACK AND CAUSING THE DIRT UP TOP TO COME DOWN ON THE BUCKET AND THE FRONT OF THE LOADED, BURYING THE FRONT OF THE LOADER.

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