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June 30, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conmat Inc., dba Helm Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSON WAS CLOSING DOOR OF CRUSHER. HE PULLED THE DOOR WHICH WEIGHS ABOUT 60 LBS. AND IT DID NOT CLOSE SO HE OPENS IT AGAIN AND THEN HE PULLED IT A SECOND TIME WHEN LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN DOO R. HE WAS USING RIGHT HAND TO PULL DOOR CLOSED.

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