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March 24, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ADUSTING THE BELT ALIGNMENT ON CONVEYOR #38. HIS RIGHT ARM GOT CAUGTH IN THE TAIL PULLEY. IT WAS SEVERED AT THE SHOULDER. INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.

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