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September 25, 2021 - · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Smithbridge Guam Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Truck operator was clearing materials off from the tail gate with rt hand when the latch mechanism pulled the gate inward pinching the tips of operator's fingers & glove. Operator was taken to ER where they sutured the distal tips of right middle & ring fingers back in place. On Sep 27 a hand specialist determined that right middle & ring fingers distal needs to be amputated.

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