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March 14, 1996 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING STONES BY HAND WHEN ONE ROLLED OVER & MASHED HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING BRUISING & A BROKEN FINGER.

October 17, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO THE EYE OF EE WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON A BRAKE DRUM.

October 8, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE SUFFERED A LOWER BACK MUSCLE STRAIN WHILE UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM FROM A TRUCK.

May 26, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEES FINGER BECAME TRAPPED IN DOOR LATCH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR ON THE DRILL COMPRESSOR HE WAS OPERATING.

July 17, 1987 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D BACK WHIEL LIFTING A SECTION OF DRILL STEEL.

October 10, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Struck by flying object

A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW INTO THE EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE. THE EYE WAS SCTATCHED WHEN EMP EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF ROCK IN HIS EYE.

June 22, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R B S Inc · Struck by falling object

AS OPERATOR WAS TAKING STEEL OFF OF DRILL AN COUPLING ON THE STEEL FELL OFF STRIKING THE OPERATOR IN THE KNEE.

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