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April 23, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Masters-Jackson Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING PUT A HOPPER TOGETHER AND WAS STANDING ON A PLATE WAITING FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO PUT BOLTS IN THE CONVEYOR BELT. THE BELT SHIFTED AND HIS LEGS WERE PINNED AGAIN ST THE FEEDER BIN GATE CAUSING CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS TO BOTH THIGHS.

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