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April 8, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Haskell County Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ENTERED HOPPER TO REMOVE A PIECE OF METAL. A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 300 LBS ROLLED FROM TOP OF HOPPER STRIKING HIS LEFT LEG.

August 18, 1993 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Haskell County Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EQUIPMENT FAILURE. TRUCK ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE AFTER ENGINE DIED & IT BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. FUEL LINE WAS CLOGGED UP.

November 1, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Haskell County Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 980A CAT LOADER MOVING ROCK FROM STOCKPILE TO CRUSHER APPARENTLY HE EMPRIED HIS BUCKET INTO THE HOPPER AND SHIFTED INTO RREVERSE TO GO DOWN THE RAMP MINE INSPECTOR FOUND A PIN LIKE THE ONE USED IN THE SHIFTING LINKAGE 28 FT 10 IN DOWN THE RAMP FROM THE HOPPER THIS PIN WAS NOT IN PLACE WHEN THE LOADER WAS INSPECTED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE LOADER TRAVELED O

August 10, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Haskell County Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE SICKING A BUCKET OF ROCK, HE WENT BACK TO FAR & LOADER TIPPED OVER, HE HIT TO SIDE OF SIDE WITH HIS HIP.

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