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EMPLOYEE INJURED HAD JUST INSTRUCTED THE LOADER OPERATOR TO GET INTO MACHINE AND GO DOWN AND GET A LOAD OF TIES AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE WALKED AROUND TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF MACHINE TO WITHIN 10' O F RIGHT FRONT TIRE. HE THEN CROUCHED DOWN TO LOOK AT TRAIN GOING OVER THE TRACK. THE OPERATOR OFTHE LOADER STARTED TO MOVE LOADER. HE DID NOT SEE EMPLOYEE CROUCHED AND STRUCK HIM W/FRONT TIRE
EE WAS REMOVING A BRACKET DEVICE THAT IS USED TO INSTALL A HAULAGE TRUCK DED DUMP CYLINDER. A FORK TRUCK IS USED TO HOLD THE BRACKET. EE FAILED TO RELIEVE THE UP PRESSURE OF THE FORK TRUCK. ST ARTED REMOVING THE BRACKET FROM THE CYLINDER, THE BRACKET CAME APART AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN.