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November 18, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE-SETTING THE TOGGLE PLATE AT JAW CRUSHER. HE WAS USING A BOTTLE JACK TO PUSH THE PITMAN FORWARD AND WHEN HE MOVED THE PITMAN OUT HE REACHED IN TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE TOGGLE PLAT E TO CHECK THE CLEARANCE WHEN THE JACK SLIPPED OFF THE PITMAN, SMASHING HIS FINGER.

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