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June 15, 2000 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Resco Products Piedmont Minerals Div · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING UP AND WENT TO DUMP TRASH CONTAINER. HE STOPPED FORK LIFT SHORT OF A DROP IN PAVEMENT AND EMPTIED CONTAINER. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE FORK LIFT AND STARTED TO BACK UP, THE FORK LIFT ROLLED FORWARD INTO THE DROP OFF. HE HIT THE ACCELERATOR AND THE LIFT SWUNG SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND PINNED HIS ARM BETWEEN A SUPPORT BEAM AND THE LIFT ROLL CAGE.

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