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1983–2026
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March 21, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
North American Refractories Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHED BEHIND GUARD TO CHECK V-BELT GLOVE BECAME CAUGFHT DRAWING THUMB AND FOREFINGER BETWEEN PULLEY AND GUARD V-BELT WAS PULLING HEAD PULLEY OF OVERLOADED CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY WAS L SLIPPING, EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET CONVEYOR MOVING.

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