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January 21, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
TUFFLITE, INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUPERVISOR WAS RUNNING LOADER. THEY WERE HOISTING A MOTOR ON A PALLET. INJURED WAS GOING TO REHOOK THE CHAIN, SO SUPERVISOR LOWERED THE PALLET DOWN RIGHT ON HIS GOOT. INJURED WAS SENT IMMEDIAT ELY TO THE HOSPITAL. HE HAD TWO SMALL BONES BROKEN IN HIS FOOT.

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