EMPLOYEE HAD JUST COMPLETED MOVING A RAIL CAR WHEN FIVE UNLOADED CARS ABOVE THE SWITCH POINT STARTED TO MOVE DOWN THE TRACK UPON SEEING THE MOVING RAIL CARS COMING TOWARD HIM EMPLOYEE IMMEDIAT ELY JUMPED FROM THE TOP OF THE FRONT END LOADER LANDING ON THE GROUND AT THIS TIME THE EMPLOYEE FELT HIS BACK STIFFEN
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January 31, 1992
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Spartan Minerals Corp · Fall from machine
September 16, 1991
SC · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Spartan Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST INSTALLED V-BELTS AND STARTED EQUIPMENT-HE DECIDED TO CHECK THE V-BELTS AND REACHED BEHIND THE GUARD TO WIND THE BELT BACKWARD.THE MACHINE DRIVE(WHICH RUNS INTERMITTENTLY)ACT IVATED EMPLOYEES THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN SHIELD AND V-BELTS CUTTING TIP OF RIGHT THUMB OFF.
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