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Slipped on oil spill and fell to ground on his back.
PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING DEBRIS FROM WALKWAYS WHEN A HARD STONE WAS THROWN FROM THE CRUSHING CHAMBER STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND HEAD.
EE MIGHT NOT OF APPLIED PARKING BRAKE ALLOWING HIS LOADER TO ROLL PINCHING HIS BODY BETWEEN TWO LOADERS. REMOVING A CABLE FROM LOADER. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL LOADER WHERE THE EL ECTRIC TOGGLE SWITCH CAN BE PUSHED, HOWEVER LANDING BETWEEN ON AND OFF YET ALLOW OPERATOR TO FEEL CONFIDENT THE SWITCH BUT WON'T SWEAR TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE IT.
APROX 5" STONE WOULD NOT CLIMB BELT, INSTEAD THE STONE KEPT ROLLING AGAINST HOPPER BACKSTOP, EE GRABBED THE STONE THEN DROPPED IT, THE STONE BOUNCED ONTO HIS FINGER DAMAGING HIS OUTER SKIN.