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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

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