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August 12, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lithco · Struck by flying object

I.NAME MOVING CONCENTRATE CONVEYOR BELT MOUNTED ON WHEELS USING MANUAL CRANK ATTACHED TO CONVEYOR.HE HAD MADE 2 ROTATIONS W CRANK HANDLE WHEN HANDLE LOCKED DOWN DUE TO MATERIAL BUILD-UP ALONG RUNWAY OF WHEEL CONVEYOR.WHEN HE LET GO OF CRANK HANDLE TO FIND OUT WHY CONVEYOR STOPPED THE HANDLE KICKED BACK STRIKING HIM ON BACK OF RIGHT HAND CAUSING CONTUSION AND MINOR LACERATION.

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