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October 15, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porters' Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNBOLTING NEW ENGINE BLOCK FROM SHIPPING PALLETTWHEN IT TIPPED OVER PINCHING THE LEFT HAND FINGER/ PALM AREA.

June 21, 2003 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Porters' Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

EE CLAIMS WHILE HE WAS SPLICING CONVEYOR BELT ON #6, THE MATERIAL LET LOOSE FASTER THAN HE WAS AND CAUGHT HIS SMALL FINGER KNUCKLE ON HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN THE BELTING & THE WOODEN BLOCK FLEW BACK AT HIM, TEARING THE SKIN OPEN ON THE KNUCKLE NEEDING STITCHES TO CLOSE IT.

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