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June 10, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Barite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON WHEEL LOADER,WAITING AND HE HAD HIS FEET HANGING OVER THE FRONT EDGE OF THE FOOT REST.BUCKET CAME DOWN AND MASHED THE INSTEP AREA OF BOTH FEET,BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND TH E OUTER EDGE OF FOOT REST.DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT WAS FOR CONTUSION OF BOTH FEET WITH SEVERE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.

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