Miner was preparing to go home. After parking the loader he placed his belongings outside the door. When he went to close the door he must've lost his grip. Not much room on platform outside door on that model. He fell off, about a 6 foot drop.
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April 23, 2015
NH · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nutter Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine
August 30, 2002
NH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nutter Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine
CONDITIONS WERE DRY, OPERATOR WAS EXITING LOADER IN ORDER TO TAKE LUNCH, DID NOT GRAB DOWN HANDLE, MISSED 1ST STEP AND FELL APPROX 5 1/2 - 6 FT TO GROUND.
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