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March 2, 2005 WY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman OTHER
Mc Garvin-Moberly Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A MOTOR AND HAD LEFT HAND RESTING ON A PLATFORM THAT HAD AN ANGLE IRON ON EDGE. A WORKER FROM ANOTHER COMPANY WAS CLIMBING ON EQUIPMENT LADDER TO THE LEFT OF EE AND AS OTHER EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER, SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HAND SMASHING MIDDLE FINGER

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