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July 27, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peak Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING A NORMAL CONE ADJUSTMENT, EE'S INDEX FINGER & THUMB ON R HAND WERE SMASHED BETWEEN THE UPPER ASSEMBLY & SHIM STACK. LACK OF COMMUNICATION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT! 3 PEOPLE, PLANT O PERATOR, PLANT OILER, & TRUCK DRIVER WERE INVOLVED IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONE.

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