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June 9, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EDWR Operations, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was helping with rotex screens and lost balance and strained back.

March 9, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
EDWR Operations, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An employee was standing next to a load of 3 26'x 24"x6" I-Beams while a forklift was trying to reposition them away from the stack., one beam started to fall and the employee reached out to stop it, pinching finger between the beams. The injury caused a fracture and laceration to the tip of left middle finger.

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