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July 12, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Simpson Crushed Stone, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner working on cattle guard outside of plant, dropped a crossbar on the ring finger. Later EE was working on housekeeping in the plant and cleaning rocks from the walkway of the crusher, was moving a rock which fell on EE's ring finger and pinned it against the metal toeboard and bent it backwards. Miner went to doctors office and said it was fractured and gave EE pain meds.

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