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March 12, 2005 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vinci Stone Products, Inc · Struck by powered moving object

The operator of the forklift was approaching a pallet of stone. The injured EE was still in the process of wrapping a pallet of stone when the forks of the forklift pinned the injured employee's leg.

August 6, 2004 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Vinci Stone Products, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE OPERATOR OF THE TELESCOPIC FORKLIFT WAS APPROACHING A METAL PAN THAT WAS FULL OF WASTE MATERIAL. THIS WORKER WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING THE PAN TO THE FORK LIFT WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE FORKS AND THE PAN.

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