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February 17, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Newmont Gold Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE AND A COWORKER HAD PARKED THE BASKET TRUCK AT THE JOB SITE. ONE EE WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND THE INJURED EE WAS STANDING BESIDE THE TRUCK IN THE PATH OF THE OUTRIGGER WHILE IT WAS BEING LOWER ED. HIS FOOT WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE OUTRIGGER, RESULTING IN A BROKEN BONE IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

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