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October 28, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Yancey Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BELT FROM UNDER3DRY SCREEN STGALLED & WHEN RESTARTED MOTOR PULLEY WAS SPINNING BUT V-BELTS WERE NOT MOVING FOREMAN THEN CLIMBED ONTO UNUSED BELT WHICH WAQS ADJECENT & PROCEED TO HIT MIDDLE OF V-BELTS WITH TH9 HEEL OF HIS GLOVED HAND TO TIGHTEN TENSION GLOVE WAS CAUGHT & PULLED INTO V-PULLEY SEVERING FOREMANS RT.THUMB AT FIRST JOINT LENGTHY SEARCH COULD NOT LOCATE THUMB FOR POSSIBLE

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