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February 5, 2015 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
NALC, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Seasonal/Part Time employee was operating the Stonepak Super Sack machine. The employee claims that a pallet was jammed and that as he was trying to release the pallets while flagging the sensor his finger was caught between the sensor and the sensing device. (the claim is still under investigation)

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