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May 8, 2006 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J H Lynch & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was completing repair to skirt board rubber on a converyor. Reinstalled the guards and proceeded to step off backward off the frame and at this moment his wedding band became wedged on the wire screen grard.

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