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May 14, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ensley Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE AN UPPERTOGGLE PLATE SEAT (250 LBS.) IN THE CRUSHER BY PLACING A PIPE THRU THE HOLES IN THE CONVEYOR FRAMING USING A COME-A-LONG. THE PIPE THAT WAS HOL DING THE WEIGHT SLIPPED OUT OF ONE OF THE HOLES FALLING DOWN 6" STRIKING EE ACROSS THE SHOULDERS& PINNING HER WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SEAT. SHE WAS PINNED NOT MORE THAN 2 MIN. TAKEN TO HOSP.

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