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March 22, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CRH US · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in # 2 finish mill replacing shell liners. Employee was guiding the liner in place & lost footing on a corner of another liner that was already installed. The momentum moving forward caused the liner to drop and the right ring finger to be smashed between the mill shell and the liner. The supervisor did receive stitches to right ring finger.

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