OPERATOR PREPARING PORTABLE CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORT. LYING ON BELT APPROX. 15' ABOVE GROUND DISCONNECTING SWINGING SECTION. FOREMAN STARTED ENGIN TO SLIGHTLY RAISED CONVEYOR TO DISENGAGE BELT. CONVEYOR BELT STARTED (NOT DISENGAGED). OPERATOR FELL OFF CONVEYOR LANDING ON LEFT SHOULDER AND CHEST.
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October 15, 1996
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
POWERED HAULAGE
Fischer Sand & Aggregate LLP · Fall from machine
July 18, 1988
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Fischer Sand & Aggregate LLP · Struck against a moving object
RUN AWAY END LOADER, DOWN HILL NOT ABLE TO CONTROL. JUMPED BANK, WENT THROUGH STORAGE TRAILER AND PORTABLE GENERATOR, CAME TO REST UNDER CONVEYOR. MACHINE STAYED UPRIGHT. POSSIBLE SEVERE BACK INJURY. TAKEN TO RIDGES HOSPITAL, BURNSVILLE,MN.
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