HE WAS OPERATING THE 988B LOADER,MOVING SCREENINGS,WHEN HE HIT A PILE OF DIRT CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPIN.HE HUNG HIS THUMB IN THE STEERING WHEEL,WHICH RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO HIS RIG HT WRIST.
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Showing all 2MEN WERE TRYING TO REMOVE 2ND DECK OF 8X22 SCREENING PLANT USING A HOOK APPROX.6FT IN LENGTH MADE OF 5/8INREBAR THE 1ST SCREEN WAS REMOVED & HOOK HAD BEEN HOOKED ONTO THE 2ND SCREEN THEY WERE PULLED OUT WITH AIDE OF THE BOOM TRUCK TENSION WAS PUT & LEFT ON BOOM TRUCKS CABLE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK WITH HIS HAND ON THE CABLE WHEN THE HOOKED END OF REBAR STRAIGHTENED OUT & THE CABLE