June 14, 2004
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS STANDING BETWEEN RETURN CONVEYOR AND A SKID STEER - 2 FT. CLEARANCE. SKID STEER OPERATOR BEGAN TO BACK UP, UNAWARE EE WAS BEHIND HIM. EE TRIED TO MOVE WHEN HE HEARD THE BACK-UP ALARM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE SKID STEER PUSHED EE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR. A COWORKER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SKID STEER OPERATOR.