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January 21, 1986 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Montana Barite Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS REBA1GING 100 LB OF BARITE TO 88 LB BAGS. IN DOING THIS HE LIFTED UP THE SCREEN TO THE AUGER FEED TO PUSH SOME BARITE THAT WAS STUCK ON THE SIDES, DOWN INTO THE ARGER AND GOT THE TI P OF HIS MIDDLE3THREE FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE AUGER.

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