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April 16, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Badger Mining Hixton, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While working on a conveyor, the employee was adjusting the backsplash to center load the conveyor. While the employee was adjusting the backplate, the employee's grip loosened causing the plate to slip from a controlled grip and landed on the tips of two fingers, pinched between angle iron of the backplate and frame of conveyor.

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