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June 7, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
R & W Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE FUSING PLASTIC PIPE FOR DREDGE. AS THE FACER WAS LOWERED, IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH PIPE AND WAS THRUST UPWARD. HIS SMALL FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN FACER HANDLE AND ANGLE IT LATCHED ONTO. THIS RESULTED IN LACERATION AND FRACTURE OF SMALL FINGER ON LAST KNUCKLE.

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