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August 18, 2021 CA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Vista Holdings · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Repairing chuck jaws in centralizer of drill. While tightening the chuck jaws EE closed the centralizer to put pressure on allen wrench and crushed EE's hand. The centralizer is hydraulic controlled. EE was trying to not strip the allen bolt.

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