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September 11, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Connell Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee moving stacker and shoveling dirt into ruts made by tires. Leaning on shovel with left hand, pressed the button to move the stacker with his right hand and the frame of the stacker pinched his finger on the shovel handle. Shovel handle was at just the right angle that it wedged into place when the stacker frame contacted it. Required six sutures on left index finger.

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