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May 20, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Standard Sand Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE ADJUSTING SKIRT RUBBER ON CONVEYOR, EE PINCHED HIS MALLET FINGER BETWEEN SKIRT AND CONVEYOR, BENDING THE LAST JOINT BACKWARDS TOWARDS HIS HAND. EE REMAINED @ WORK DESPITE MINOR DISCOMFOR T. ON JUNE 5 EE WENT TO MED 1 TO HAVE THE FINGER CHECKED OUT BECAUSE THE FINGER STILL HAD A BEND IN IT. EE WAS AT GROUND LEVEL WHEN INCIDENT OCCURED. MUST WEAR A FINGER SPLINT FOR 6 WEEKS.

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