Employee was checking for an air leak. They had the operator hold down the brake pedal and proceeded to feel around the brake canister shaft. The operators foot slipped off the pedal and when the shaft retracted it lacerated employee's thumb and finger.
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August 8, 2022
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
July 30, 2019
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Hinesburg Sand & Gravel Company Inc
· Struck against stationary object
EE was traveling up the meadow road to load a truck. While driving up the road, EE shook the bucket to make sure it was clean. The bucket contacted the ground and made the loader suddenly stop and propel EE into the windshield.
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