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EMPL UNCERTAIN WHAT CAUSED STRAIN BUT WHEN HE APPLIED FOOT TO PEDALS IN LOADER,CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT THIGH AND BACK AREA.
LOADER APPROCHED MUCK PILE UNDER DUMP OFF POINT ABOVE, GOT LOAD AND WAS BACKING OUT. THE LOADER ABOVE DUMPED OF LOAD AND MUCK SLID DOWN PILE. APPRANTLY, A ROCK APPROX. 1 INCH IN DIAMTER STRU K A LARGER ROCK LODGED IN MUCK HALFWAY DOWN SLOPE AND STRUCK UPER EDGE OF BUCKET AND BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES AND HIT WINDSHIELD OF LOADER. PEICE WENT THROUGH ANS STRUCK OPEATOR IN HEAD.