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November 25, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asheville Mica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SCREW CON5EYOR WAS RUNNING THE EMPLOYEE NOTICED A PIECE OF ROOT WRAPPED AROUND SCREW CONVEYOR.INSTEAD OF TURNING OFF THE SCREW CONVETOR,THE EMPLOYEE LEFT THE SCREW CONVEYOR RUNNING,REMO VED THE PROTECT3VE COVER,AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVED THE PIECE OF ROOT.AT THIS TIME HIS WEDDING RING AND FINGER WERE CAUGHT IN THE SCREW CONVEYOR.ALL OF THE SKIN WAS TORN FROM HIS MIDDLE FINGER.

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