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November 25, 1997 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Champion Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING LOADER IN PIT AREA AND HIT A BUMP CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE UP FROM THE SEAT HITTING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON THE CONSOLE OF THE LOADER. THE IMPACT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HI S HEAD WHILE WARING HIS HARDHAT CAUSED A SNAPPING OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS NECK.

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