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April 17, 2014 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · MACHINERY
Hafenstine Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.

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