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CLEANING OFF CONVEYOR EMP GOT LEG RIGHT CAUGHT BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND PLATFORM
RUN-AWAY LOADER ON DOWN HILL GRADE, BOUNCED AGAINST A LARGE ROCK CAUSING THE LEFT REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT. LOADER CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF ROADWAY AT A SUDDEN STOP, THROWING DANIEL AGAINST STEERING SHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. THE FIRST TIME
I.NAME WAS WORKING ON HIS LOADER FEEDING THE PRIMARY CRUSHER ON THIS DAY A BIG ROCK WAS CHOKING THE JAWS OF THE CRUSHER SO AS USUAL IT IS STOPPED AND A CHAIN HAS TO BE TIED TO THE ROCK TO YAN K IT OUT WITH THE LOADER AT THE TIME THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH HELP FOR THE PROCEDURE SO I.NAME GOT OFF HIS LOADER AFTER LOCKING THE BRAKES AND SECURING IT TO GIVE THE CRUSHER OPERATOR A HAND IN TY
ON THIS DAY ABOUT 1:10 PM LOADER #25 DUMPED A BUCKET OF ROCK INTO CRUSHER HOPPER ON THE TOP WAS A LARGE ROCK TO LARGE TO GOT INTO THE CRUSHER JAW A CHAIN WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE LARGE ROCK AN D ATTACHED TO THE LOADER BUCKET THE ROCK WAS BEING LIFTED OUT OF THE HOPPER WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK AND IT ROLLED DOWN A TWO TO ONE SLAGS BACK INTO THE HOPPER AND STRUCK I NAME ON
EMPLOYEE WAS SERVICING TRUCK WHEN A LOADER EXPERIENCERD BRAKE FAILURE & HIT A DUMPSTER WHICH IN TURN HIT EMPLOYEE I.NAME WAS SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE GREASE PIT & WAS KNOCKED INTO THE GREASE PIT BY THE DUMPSTER THIS OCCURRED AT THE READY MIX CONCRETE YARD
EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING UP DUMP TRUCK MADE A THREE POINT TURN AND AS THE TRUCK WENT FORWARD IT HIT A SMALL DIRT MOUND AND STEERING WHEEL SPUN AND DLEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT AND INJURED
EMP WAS SPRAYIN1 BELT DRESSING ON FEEDER CONVEYOR BELT. HE WAS STANDING ON LOOSE GRAVEL AND SLIPPED, HIS RT HAND WAS CAUGHT BY CONVEYOR BELT AND DRUM