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June 13, 2024 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 P Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Standing by roller table at rock chopper while workers were pushing rocks down the line and instead of having hand on top of the rocks EE stuck one in between and when the next rock came down the line it smashed EE's two middle fingers. Breaking both fingers and having to get stitches in one.

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