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October 17, 2013 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S W Johnson Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING THE SAND SCREW ON THE GRAVEL PLANT, THE HOLDER SLIPPED AND PINNED HIS RIGHT HEEL BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND SAND SCREW. INDIVIDUAL WAS ONLY PINNED FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH NO IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED.

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