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August 18, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DRIVING A LOADER WITH THE DOOR IN THE LATCHED POSITION. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL OF THE LOADER DROPPED INTO A WASHOUT IN THE ROAD. THE OPERATOR BRACED HIMSELF AGAINST THE DOOR JAM AND THE DOOR CAME UNLATCHED AND JAMMED HIS HAND. THIS RESULTED IN THREE BROKEN FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND AND SOME SCRATCHES ON THE SAME HAND.

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