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September 6, 2024 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Carolina Aggregates and Sand Holding LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

3 employees were loading pipe into loader bucket for transport, 2 ground, 1 operator. One miner was standing on pipe inside bucket. A signal was given to rotate the bucket, Miner standing on the pipe had one hand on top of bucket, when bucket rotated the miner's left hand (pointer/middle finger) were lacerated. Miner suffered non-life threatening partial amputation of finger tip.

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