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EE & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING SEAT FROM 410 BACK HOE & REPAIR TRANSMISSION. WHILE REMOVING SEAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A CLEAN UP PUMP ON THE FLOOR INJ EE PICKED UP A 90DEG ALL AND FLANGE AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO OTHER EE AND THIS RESULTED IN EE PULLING ON MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE UNIT TRAIN BELT, WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A 1" TO 2" GASH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN EE RECEIVING TWO METAL STAPLES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
EE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER WORKING FOR 2 1/4 HOURS IN THE WASH BOX MAKING REPAIRS. HE WAS BENDING & KNEELING IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.
EMP WAS LIFTING A CAN OF COAL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN THROUGH HIS LEFT ARM AND CHEST.
THEY WERE REMOVING BEARING HOUSING FOR THE AUGER SHAFT BY HAND AND WHEN THE BEARING HOUSING CLEARED THE STUD BOLTS, IT DROPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING ON A PIECE OF ANGLE WHICH WAS A PA RT OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE PLATFORM THEY WERE STANDING ON, RESULTING IN A CRUSHED FRACTURE AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER DISTAL END AT FIRST KNUCKLE JOINT.