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August 13, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS GETTING INTO SKID STEER LOADER WHEN HIS PANT LEG GOT CAUGHT ON THE LEVEL CAUSING THE SKID LOADER TO GO INTO MOTION THROWING HIM INTO THE CAB OF LOADER *PARKING BRAKE WAS PULLED

September 22, 1999 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Appomattox Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS STOCKING #78 STONE WHEN KING PIN BROKE IN TRUCK. THE JOLT CAUSED HIS RIGHT KNEE TO HIT HEATER. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE ALREADY HAD HIS KNEE DAMAGED TO HELP HIM GET IN AND OUT OF T HE TRUCK.

October 25, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Appomattox Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS TRYING TO DETECT WHERE AIR WAS LEAKING FROM HE PLACED HAND NEXT TO BRAKE CHAMBER & WAS FEELING FOR LEAK WHEN CHAMBER CYLINDER RELEASED & CAME DOWN ON FINGER.

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