EMPL SAYS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ON COAL AUGER. HE REACHED UP & GRABBED HOSE & LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS APPROX 5' TO GROUND. EMPL STATED HE THINKS HE STRUCK HIS BAC K ON PONTOON LEG OF AUGER AS HE FELL.
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Tebco Inc · Fall from machine
August 4, 1988
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Tebco Inc · Struck against a moving object
EMPL WAS RECLAIMING WITH A CATERPILLAR D8K DOZER HE SAY HE BACKED THE DOZER OVER THE TOP OF A BOULDER APPROX 3' IN DIAMETER ANDWHEN THE DOZER HIT THE GROUND IT JARRED HIS BACK PULLING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK
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