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April 16, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager OTHER
Phillips Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE OPENED THE LEFT DOOR ON TRUCK #416, WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT. EE TRIED TO CATCH THE DOOR AND RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DOOR AND TRUCK BRAKING HIS WRIST.

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