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January 9, 2006 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt Lake Valley Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A ROCK WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK AND EE TRIED TO REMOVE IT BY LIFTING THE GATE BY HAND INSTEAD OF RAISING THE BED. THE GATE CLOSED ON THE TIPS OF HIS LEFT FINGERS AND CRUSHED THEM BETWEEN THE GATE & SEALING EDGE WHICH CUT OF 2 FINGER TIPS

January 4, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salt Lake Valley Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EES WERE REPLACING GEAR BOX ON MAIN FEED CONVEYOR. THE LIFTING EYE BROKE, LETTING THE BOX ROLL SIDEWAYS. WHEN THE BOX ROLLED, IT PINNED EE'S FINGER BETWEEN PIPE & BOX. EE'S FINGER WAS SCRAPED RESULTING IN TWO STITCHES.

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