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January 10, 2000 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Dement Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS THREADING CABLE ONTO SPUD WHEEL ON DREDGE WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BY CABLE AND PULLED HIS HAND IN BETWEEN CABLE AND SPUD WHEEL CAUSING IT TO CRUSH THE TIP OF HIS INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

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