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July 11, 2000 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BAGGER SEAT WAS BEING ADJUSTED. THERE IS AN AIR SUPPLY UNIT AND AIR WAS NOT CUT OFF. WHEN EE RAISED THE SEAT, HIS ARM HIT A LEVER DROPPING IN ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. LACERATION EXTENSOR POLLICIS L ONGUS TENDON RIGHT THUMB.

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