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January 20, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIGH HUMIDITY, 17 DEGREE MNORNING. THE TAILGATE LATCH OF AN OVER THE ROAD END DUMP DID NOT CLOSE WHEN THE IN-CAB SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST THE LATCH BY HITTING IT WI TH HIS LEFT HAND. THE LATCH ACTIVATED, TRAPPING HIS FINGER.

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