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March 19, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Portland Cement Company Of Utah · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS STANDING ON ELEVATED PLATFORM ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE BUILDUP OF MATERIAL FROM HEAD PULLEY OF INSIDE TRIPPER BELT HE WAS USING SQUARE POINT SHOVEL TO SCRAPE THE MATERIAL FROM THE PULLEY S SHOVEL BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND HEAD PULLEY AND PULLED HIS HANDS INTO PINCH POINT BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY

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