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February 23, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Loflin Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

INJURED STUCK HIS HAND BETWEEN THE GUARD AND BELT INTO THE TAIL PULLEY ON THE HOPPER IN WHICH GRAVEL IS FED INTO. HE THEN WAS PULLED UP INTO THE TAIL PULLEY. INJURED HAD BEEN TOLD NEVER TO P UT HIS IN OR AROUND THE PULLEY.

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