June 30, 2000
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · MACHINERY
Windsor Rock Products
· Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BACKHOE OEPRATOR WAS DIGGING A DITCH THE LOADER OPERATOR WAS STANDING NEXT TOTHE BACKHOE. AS THE BUCKET WAS SWINGING, THE FOOT PEDAL STUCK CAUSING THE BUCKET TO SWING TOWARDS THE VICTIM (LOAD ER OEPRATOR). VICTIM BACKED AWAY AND PUT OTU HANDS AND PUSHED AGAINST THE BUCKET, VICTIM FELL BACK STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND.