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October 2, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Kilauea Crushers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving stacks of 50# bags of ANFO from a trailer into a truck for delivery. The stacks were 8 bags high and are palatized to be moved with a hand cart. He was putting the last stack into place but it was a tight fit, he tried to move the bags sideway and ended up smashing his pinky finger between the wall of the truck and the rail of the cart.

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