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July 23, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator MACHINERY
Heartland Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee holding an Air Hammer in right hand attempting to drive the bushing out of transmission linkage connection end that ee was holding in left hand. EE activated hammer and mashed left little finger between hammer and linkage end. Fractured left little finger.

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