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September 3, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bohan & Canelis Austin Creek Ready Mix, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LIFTING THE CHUTE OF THE IMPACT, THE CHUTEBECAME JAMMED. EE WENT TO DISLODGE BUT IT SHIFTED AND CAUSED HIS LEFT RING FINGER TO BECOME CAUGHT AND SMASHED. DUE TO SEVERITY OF THE INJURY TH E DR. HAD TO AMPUTATE THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.

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