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September 7, 2023 OH · Coal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Land Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was taking a trash hopper over to a dumpster to empty it and when pulling the lever to dump the hopper the employee pinched the small finger on the left hand with the handle resulting in a laceration. The injured employee received eight sutures.

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