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October 28, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HOISTING
J.S. Redpath Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While riding the conveyance down the shaft at a slow pace, employee tried knocking off a piece of timber from the shaft steel set getting his right index finger caught between conveyance and guide resulting in a laceration requiring 8 sutures.

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