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May 5, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Bourbon Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS GOING TO USE A TORCH TO REMOVE A PIECE OF STEEL THAT WAS NOT ALLOWING THE BIN GATE AT THE SECONDARY PLANT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. AS HE BEGAN THE DOOR STARTED CLOSING KNOCK THE TORCH BEING H ELD BY HIS RIGHT HAND LOOSE, MASHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND CUTTING HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

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