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April 8, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE STATED THAT A CHUNK OF CAP ROCK FELL FROM THE FACE OF STONE & HIT THE TEETH OF THE BUCKET ON THE LOADER, JARRING HIS LT. ARM & SHOULDER.

November 22, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HAUL ROAD TRUCK UNDER AN OVERPASS WITH THE BED OF THE TRUCK IN A DUMP POSITION. THE BED HIT THE BRIDGE, BRINGING THE TRUCK TO A STOP AND FORCING THE CAB TO HIT THE UNDERS IDE OF THE BRIDGE. THE EE WAS WEARING SAFETY BELTS.

June 20, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A BAR TO CLEAN THE END OF THE DISCHARGE CHUTE FOR THE MOGEL SCREEN HOPPER. THERE IS A CONVEYOR RUNNING BELOW THE CHUTE. THE EE PUSHED THE BAR THRU THE CHUTE ALLOWING THE BAR TO CO ME IN CONTACT WITH THE MOVING BELT. THE BAR WAS JOLTED CAUSING THE EE TO WRENCH HIS ARM AND SHOULDER.

December 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Essroc Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS TRAVELING HAUL ROAD TOWARD BESSEMEN PL ANT WHEN THREE DEER CAME ACROSS HAUL ROAD FROM EAST EMPL WAS WATCHING DEER & MOVING TO RIGHT TO AVOID WHEN TRUCK RAN UP ON BERM & STRUCK TREE.

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