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January 28, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Great Western Diamond Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER DROPPED PRY BAR INTO CONE CRUSHER. HAD ANOTHER WORKER TURN OFF CRUSHER. AS CRUSHER WAS SLOWING TO A STOP, WORKER GRABBED END OF PRY BAR, CONE CAUGHT END OF BAR, WORKERS FINGERS PINCHE D BETWEEN END OF BAR AND FEED RING.

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