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December 24, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Greene Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Crew was in wash bay taking out screen deck & mill grates on the secondary crusher. Injured got is right index finger pinched while helping remove screen parts. (Hammer Mill grates) Was pulling a grate out by himself & weight of grate shifted & pinched finger. Stitches in right finger & surgery to mend tendons.

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