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May 12, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caroline Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT WAS REM2VING BELT SHIEVE FROM ELECTRIC MOTOR. SHAFT WAS WELL WORICATED CAUSING SHIEVE TO MOE MORE FREELY THAN EXPECTED. THE SHIEVE SLIPPED OFF THE SHAFT PINCHING SUBJECTS 1ST AND2ND FI NGERS BETWEEN T2E SHAFT AND THE SHIEVE. SMALL 1/8 INCH LACERATION TO 1ST FINGER AND 1 1/2 INCH LACERATION TO 2ND FINGER. STITCHES PLACED IN 2ND FINGER CLEANED AND BANDAGED.

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