EMPL WAS TURNING CRUSHER BELT BY HAND. SIGNAL TO EMPL WAS MISINTERPETED BY CRUSHER OPERATOR WHO TURNED BELT ON. EMPL THUMBS WERE PULLED BETWEEN RIVE BELTS & PULLEY.
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November 1, 1990
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Rocky Ridge Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
May 4, 1989
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Rocky Ridge Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURED WAS NOT EMPL OF ROCKY RIDGE. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER & WAS BEING ALLOWED TO STOCKPILE USED PIPING MATERIAL ON MINE PREMISES IN UNUSED PORTION OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE PIT. HE FREED RESTRA INTS ON LOAD & CLIMBED UP ON FLATBED TRALER TO FREE LOAD MANUALLY. HE WAS WALKING IN VICINITY OF FLATBED WHEN HEAVY PIPE FELL OFF TRAILER ONTO HIM.
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