Excavator was loading truck. Hose busted, causing excavator bucket to fall in bed of truck. The weight of bucket in bed raised the truck, then the front of the truck came back down causing a jar in cab of truck. It was a PC 2000 Komatsu excavator.
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Tire was separating, EE walked around to look at the tire when the tire blew out knocking EE to the ground.