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August 22, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southern Oregon Underground · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS GETTING A CABLE THAT WAS ON A PILE OFMETAL. THE CABLE WAS STUCK, SO ANOTHER EMP USED A LOADER TO LIFT UP ONE END OF THE METAL TO FREETHE CABLE. LOAD SHIFTED, AND AS THE DRIVER WAS M OVING OUT OF THE WAY, HE SLIPPED AND THE METAL SLID OVER HIM. THE DRIVER SUFFERED BRUISES AND TORN KNEE CARTILAGE.

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