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May 18, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chromalloy Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TAKING BARITE BAGS FROM BAGGING CONVEYOR AND PUTTING THEM ON A PALLET A BAG BUSTED ON THE CONVEYOR WHICH HE REMOVED HE THEN WAS SIPING OFF LOOSE BARITE DUST FROM CONVEYOR APRON BY THE PULLEY HE PASSED HIS HAND TOO CLOSE TO THE CRACK BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND PULLEY CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THEM SPRAINING AND SCRAPED 4 FINGERS

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