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February 9, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blackford Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHOVELING AROUND CONVEYOR.END OF SHOVEL WAS BETWEEN TAIL PULLEY TO BELT.THIS FLIPPED SHOVEL-56"LONG.RIGHT HAND WAS ON END OF SHOVEL HANDLE CAUSING IT TO HIT NEARBY CONVEYOR CAUSING INJURY TO L ITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.REQ 14 STITCHES.EMPL WAS PLANNING ON RETRW FOLLOWING MONDAY BUT DR FEARED INFECTION & GAVE HIM 1 WEEK.

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