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June 23, 1997 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Marcou Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET A MOTOR ON THE SCREEN SECTION OF OUR CLOSED CIRCUIT PLANT INTO ITS OPERATING POSITION WHEN THE CHAIN CAME OFF CAUSING THE MOTOR TO SWING DOWN AND HIT HIS 3RD AND 4TH F INGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE MOTOR SUPPORT. BONES WERE BROKEN IN BOTH FINGERS.

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