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June 30, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
J A Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON LARGE PULLEY ON VIBRATING GRIZZLEY. PULLEY IS ON SHAFT WITH COUNTERWEIGHTS. HIS LEFT HAND WAS ON THE BELTS & AS HE RELEASED THE PULLEY, THE COUNTERWEIGHTS STOPPED THE PULLE Y IN IT'S ORIGINAL POSITION. HIS LEFT HAND WAS STILL ON THE V BELT. THE BELT PULLED HIS FINGERSINTO THE PULLEY ON ELECTRIC MOTOR. THE EDGE OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER & RING FINGER WERE SEVERED.

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