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May 9, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
TLC Rock Products, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING LOADER TO GET BUCKETFUL OF DIRT, OPERATOR ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUCKET RELEASE. THE BUCKET DROPPED TO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE LOADER TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEAR ING SEATBELT, THEREFORE HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.

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