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March 15, 2008 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edgewood Aggregates LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured EE was freeing some rocks stuck in crusher jaw with a digging bar. When they were freed the rocks fell downward, striking the digging bar and catching the tip of the left pinkie finger between the digging bar the the jaw safety platform. The EE fractured and lacerated the tip of his finger.

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