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January 30, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cantera Rocruz Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO ROCKS BECAME JAMMED IN THE FEEDER. WHILE THE PLANT OPERATOR WAS LOOSEING THEM UP WITH A BAR A THIRD ROCK HIT THE BAR PUSHING THE OPERATOR'S HAND AGAINST THE HAND RAIL CAUSING A FOUR STITCH LACERATION ON HIS LEFT HAND.

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