While operating our 245 cat excavator, the swing lock engaged causing an immediate swing of the machine, causing the operator to be severly jostled. He was wearing a seat-belt, which prevented him from being thrown from the machine.
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Classic Grindstone · Struck against a moving object
October 30, 2003
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Classic Grindstone
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A KAWASAKI K2110-II LOADER AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN INJ EE DROVE HIS S10 PICKUP BEHIND THE LOADER. THE IMPACT CAUSE IMMEDIATE DEATH TO THE EMPLOYEE. DRIVER OF THE L OADER WAS NOT INJURED.
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