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July 18, 1986 TX · Coal POWERED HAULAGE

Dow Chemical Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 300 POUND MAC2INE SHAFT WAS BEING PUT ON A WORK TABLE WITH A FORK TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH A LIFTING BEAM SHAFT WAS SUPPORTED BY A SLING FROM LIFTING BEAM & BEING GUIDED ONTO WORK TABLE BY TWO T ECHNICIANS INJU9Y OCCURRED WHEN ONE OF THE TECHNICIANS GOT HIS HAND PINCHED BETGWEEN SHAFT & TABLE

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