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June 15, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gold Hill Ventures · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS TRACKIN1 CONVEYOR BELTS PDRIOR TO START UP. WHILE CHECKING TAIL PULLEY ON ONE CONVEYOR, HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED RT HAND INSIDE A MOVING BELT, AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AN TAIL PULLEY, TH3S RESULTED IN ABRASIONS TO RT HAND AND PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES OF HIS ARM

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