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July 19, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Apg Lime Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS OPERATING A 988 LOADER ON 11-7 SHIFT, THE LOADER WAS TRAVELING TO BALL MACHINE AREA WHEN IT WENT INTO A LOW POINT IN THE ROAD. WHEN THE MACHINE SLOPED TO THE SIDE LEFT HE RESPONDED BY P UTTING HIS ARM OUT TO SUPPORT HIMSELF THE DOOR TOF THE LOADER CLOSED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

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