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January 31, 2000 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Golden Triangle Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS IN BOAT UNHOOKING CHAIN FROM PIPELINE, WHEN OPERATOR LIFTED. CHAIN WITH LOADER TO MOVE OVER HOOK CAUGHT CAUSING CHAIN TO MASH VICTIMS FINGER BTWEEN CHAIN AND SIDE OF BOAT. WE DID NT THINK HE WAS HURT BADY BUT SWELLING A FEW DAYS LATER CAUSED US TO SENT TO DR ON 2-7-00.

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