![]() ![]() He walked along the bank of the pond and eventually saw Salazar kneeling on the dredge deck. arrived at the dredge pond but could not see Salazar. drove to the dredge to determine what was causing the smoke.Īt approimately 8:20 a.m., Eleazar Cantu, Sr. When slurry did not flow from the pipe in a reasonable time, they looked in the direction of the dredge and saw the bluish-white smoke rising from that area. and his son, Eleazar Cantu, Jr., Administrative Officer, were waiting at the scale house where they could observe the end of the dredge discharge pipe. Hydraulic pressure in the system forced hydraulic fluid around the O-ring on the hydraulic pump shaft and hydraulic fluid sprayed on the diesel engine, creating a cloud of bluish-white smoke.Įleazar Cantu, Sr. After the winch cable snagged his hand, Salazar became entangled on the winch.Ī loop of winch cable then came off the winch drum and became entangled on the clutch end of the winch causing the winch drum to stop rotating. He then locked the left positioning winch valve lever into the 'reel in' position and exited the dredge operator's booth to hand feed the cable onto the left positioning winch drum. While attempting to position the dredge for operation, Salazar reeled out cable from the left positioning winch rather than reeling in the cable, resulting in a slack cable. The hydraulic valve lever for the left positioning winch then functioned in reverse to the way it had previously functioned. He installed the new winch cable to reel in over the top of the winch drum rather than to reel in under the bottom of the winch drum as the previously installed cable had done. had replaced the winch cable for the left dredge positioning winch on April 24, 2009, before Salazar returned to work. loaded two trucks with sand while Salazar drove to the dredge to conduct a workplace examination and prepare to operate the dredge.Įleazar Cantu, Sr. Salazar spoke with Eleazar Cantu, Sr., President, at the scale house for a few minutes before driving to the dredge. ![]() Salazar did not work on April 29-30, 2009. Salazar operated the dredge throughout the day on April 28, 2009, but reported having difficulty positioning it. He had returned to work on Apafter a four-month layoff but operated the dredge for only about one hour after preparing it for operation. ![]() Salazar (victim) reported for work at 7:30 a.m., his normal starting time as dredge operator. ![]()
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