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October 24, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bussen Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using a walk behind bobcat to clean up spillage under conveyor structure. After filling bucket employee lifted bucket with controls, causing the back end of the machine to rise pinching left hand between the controls and the conveyor structure. Pinching caused laceration and abrasion.

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