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October 16, 2015 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Detroit Salt Co LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was repairing a 980K wheeled loader. In the process his right thumb got pinched between two components resulting in a minor laceration to his right thumb.

May 19, 2012 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Detroit Salt Co LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working to disassemble a piece of equipment, the suspended load shifted and pinched his left thumb

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