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December 7, 2010 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cadman (Black Diamond) Inc · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator was going to get a bucket of pit run to feed into the plant. As he lowered his bucket to the ground while proceeding forward he hit something solid with the front of the loader bucket stopping him abruptly.

October 27, 2008 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cadman (Black Diamond) Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was on a loader digging in the hill side and backed into a rut and jolted the loader hurting neck and back.

September 29, 2003 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cadman (Black Diamond) Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS USING HIS LOADER TO FILL A TRUCK WITH RECYCLED ASPHALT FROM A STOCKPILE THAT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE MATERIAL WAS VERY HARD AND COMPACTED. WHEN IT DID BREAK LOOS E, THE LOADER LURCHED FORWARD AND THE EE SUFFERED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK.

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