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August 13, 2024 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACA Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Changing the drive drum on a stacker. A pre-assembled drum was rigged to a forklift. Trying to get the drum inside the stacker frame, they pushed on one side of the drum the rigging slipped on one end. The employee was trying to guide the drum on that side. The employee's finger was smashed between the shaft and the stacker frame. EE's left index finger suffered an open fracture.

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