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Scoped to Sylvester W Santos

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July 22, 1991 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Santos Construction Corp. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED UNDER GUARD AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN, BY HAND, VIBRATING SCREEN ECCENTRIC (PULLING V-BELS). SCREEN WAS NOT RUNNING. ECCENTRICS ROTATED DOWNWARD CAUSING V-BELTS TO TURN QUICK LY, CATCHING HIS LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

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