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July 14, 1999 OK · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Youngman Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPAIRING SHROUD ON 5 BY 14 SCREEN MOTOR HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN SHEAVE AND BEARING ON SIDE OF SCREEN. THE SCREEN WAS SHUT OFF AND LOCKED OUT FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS. APPARENTLY THE BEARING HAD SEIZED IN UP IN A CAM POSITION AND WHEN IT COOLED IT FREED UP AND BROKE OVER PULLING HIS HAND IN BETWEEN THE 2 OBJECTS

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