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August 2, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Filtrol Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

INJURED WAS SCALING A CONVEYOR BELT DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH A SHOVEL WHILE THE BELT WAS IN OPERATION. IN THE PROCESS, HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE SHOVEL AND THE TURNING BE LT OF THE BELT CONVEYOR. BELT SCRAPED SKIN FROM TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

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