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EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 60 LB ELECTRIC MOTOR CAUSING A STRAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE AND COWORKER WERE CHANGING SCREENS AND LIFTED SCREEN OVER A RAIL. EE TOLD COWORKER TO LET GO OF SCREEN AND WHEN IT DROPPED EE WRENCHED HIS BACK.
EE WAS WORKING ON THE WELDER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE REMOVED THE GUARD TO CHECK ON A STUCK GOVERNOR CONTROL. HE REACHED UP TO FREE THE ROD AND HIS FINGERS SLIPPED, CAUSING THEM TO GET CAUGHT IN T HE FAN. EE SUFFERED NEAR AMPUTATION AND COMPOUND FRACTURES OF HIS INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND.
CREW WAS CHANGING CONE LLINER, PLACIDO PUT FINGER IN HOLE TO REMOVE A SHIM AND THE LINER FELL AND CUT OFF PORTION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER 1 ST JOINT.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HIS SUPERVISOR FREE A BLOCK ON A CRANE. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT RING FINGERGOT BETWEEN THE CABLE AND BLOCK CAUSING INJURY.
WHILE OPERATING THE SCALE AT BECKLEY PLANT, WINDOW FOR TICKETING TO TRUCKS WAS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER. PUT ON LIGHT DUTY.
INJURED WAS LIFTING/ ROLLING I BEAMS TO CUT THEM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
PULLING PEDESTAL OUT OF CRUSHER (TO CHANGE OIL) PULLING LIGHT SHOULDER.