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January 6, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sorrento Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING UP WEIGHT ARMS ON BATCH PLANT SCALES. HE WAS USING A COME-ALONG AND LENGTH OF CHAIN TO ALIGN THE WEIGHT ARMS. THE COME-ALONG AND CHAIN WERE FULLYU TENSIONED WHEN TWO BARS OF THE SCALE MECHANISM WENT OVER CENTER, SHEARING THE EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND RING FINGER OFF JUST FORWARD OF THE FIRST JOINT.

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