I had to get a hoisting license from the City of Omaha (my employer) 4 years ago to be able to run a skid loader in case a situation came up that I needed to run one. I passed the test after studying for a couple weeks. I've never yet been in one.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20100414/NEWS01/100419785/0#pinned-worker-s-condition-stableA construction worker was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in critical condition after the bucket of the skid loader he was operating hit him in the head.
Juan Manuel Gallegos-Castaneda, 24, was with a construction crew installing handicapped-accessible ramps along Maple Street.
He was working near 88th Street about 8 a.m. Wednesday when the bucket hit him in the head and pinned him, said Greg Armstrong, vice president of Swain Construction.
Armstrong said Gallegos-Castaneda was partially out of the skid loader and either his belt or a piece of clothing accidentally caught a lever causing the bucket to be lowered onto his head.
Police said Wednesday afternoon that Gallegos-Castaneda was in stable condition at Creighton and expected to live.
— Jason Kuiper
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