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IE and another EE (Transco NW welders) were removing a channel frame from the crusher frame. IE cut the cross brace 99% & other EE held the other side. When EE pushed the opposite side while IE pulled IE's side free, the cross brace came free & EE lost EE's grip. The brace rotated 180 degrees and the bottom corner struck IE on the right side of nose.
Lifting 60 lb. rock samples repetitively into bed of pickup truck, which created a repetitive motion injury.
Employee was hanging the upper guard at the tail wheel section of the uphill conveyor. Another employee had one end of the guard and the IE had the other end. The guard was sitting on the top edge of the lower guard when the IE moved it to put a bold in it when it slipped off the top edge. His finger was in one of the holes and it was cut as the guards slid past each other.
Employee threw a chain over a beam to hang a come-a-long and the chain impacted his hand and broke his finger
While opening the back door to the MCC, employee pulled muscle in back.
After manually lifting 10-20 pieces of steel weighing about 200 lbs, worker felt pain in his lower back.
WHILE LIFTING & THEN MOVING A STEEL BEAM IT SLIPPED & PINCHED HIS FINGER.