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October 27, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Oglebay Norton Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE SUBJECT PUT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE ROP CAB OF FRONT-END LOADER AND HEADER OF DOOR TO DETERMINE IF THE MACHINE WOULD CLEAR THE DOOR HEADER. THE LOADER MOVED WHILE HIS FINGER WAS THERE AND SCRAPED AND PINCHED THE TIP OF THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

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