AEMBuckleUp ForLife

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Buckle Up For Life


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You and Your Seatbelt

To the Job. At the Job. From the Job.


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When Coming to the Jobsite

Loading and off-loading equipment can be hazardous. Always wear your seat belt.


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When On the Job Site

Operator was grading area when his rear tire went down to the left into some soft

material and machine rolled on its side. Operator was not wearing his seatbelt at the time

of the incident.


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Rollover Protection tructures are !mportant

(ROPS) are designed to proide prote!tion to an operator in the prote!ted spa!e o" the !ab.

Your seat belt is a !riti!al part o" the Rolloer Prote!tion s#stem. $sing #our seat belt assures

#our sa"et# %hen the ROPS is needed.


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This ROPS did its Job

The onl# in&ur# %as a s!rape %hen the operator released his seatbelt %hile suspended.


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The $ne'pe!ted appens

Once it does, There is No Time to Buckle Up


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Seatbelt and ROPS Sae ies

A haul tru!* drier %as seriousl# in&ured %hen he lost !ontrol o" the tru!* %hile hauling oerburdento the dump area. The drier %as traeling at an e'!essie speed and the loaded tru!* eeredle"t into so"t material and through the berm on the edge o" the dump. The tru!* oerturned and

rolled +,+ "eet on a - degree slope. The drier %as %earing his seatbelt and the tru!* %ase/uipped %ith a ROPS %hi!h saed his li"e.


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0t Could 1e too ate

Buckle up now, Not later !


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Regardless o" Your 2'perien!e

On April ,+th3 ,4453 a 6+ #ear old tru!* drier3 %ith 7, #ears mining e'perien!e3 %as "atall#in&ured at a !ement operation. The i!tim %as operating a haul tru!* that eered o"" the

road%a#3 !limbed a berm3 and "ell oer a high %all onto a ben!h belo%. The i!tim %as not%earing a seat belt at the time o" the a!!ident and %as e&e!ted "rom the !ab o" the tru!*.


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This 8a!hine %as urt3 9ot the Operator.

"his machine was traveling on haul road and started s#idding. "he operator tried to

correct for the s#id when machine rolled over. Operator was wearing seatbelt and was

not in$ured.


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1u!*le $p:For i"e

Want the Ride o" Your i"e;


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1u!*le $p on 1ig 2/uipment

?The other da# 0 had a rather s!ar# e'perien!e. 0 lost !ontrol o" m# haul tru!* !oming do%n a slipper# hilland laid m# tru!* on its side. 2er#thing in m# !ab %ent "l#ing3 eer#thing e'!ept me that is. You see 0 %as%earing m# seat belt3 so at the end o" it all3 0 %as a bit sha*en. 0 hae read man# stories o" people %hodidn=t %ear their seatbelts and %ere in&ured or *illed be!ause o" it. The thing is3 #ou neer *no% %hen an

a!!ident %ill happen3 so the best thing #ou !an do is use all aailable PP2 and hope it=s neer needed.@


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And on Small 2/uipment

Operator was travelling down a grade when it overturned. Operator was not wearing his

seatbelt and was thrown from seat trapping his leg and foot between the front corner post

of the cab and the ground.


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1u!*le $p:For i"e

When Clearing


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When auling or When 2'!aating

1u!*le $p:For i"e


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Seat 1elts 8a*e a


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1u!*le $p:For i"e

To the Job. At the Job. From the Job.


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