May 12, 1999
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Blt Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
LOADER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN DIRT FROM TAIL PULLEY OF DRY SCREEN PLANT WHILE PLANT WAS RUNNING. HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT IN PULLEY. HE BROKE HIS ARM AND RECEIVED FRICTION BURNS ON HIS ARM AND CHEST AREA. HE WAS A NEW EE AND HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY PLANT FOREMAN AND OTHER OPERATORS NOT TO ATTEMPT ANY REPAIRS BUT REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO CO-WORKERS.