EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALLING FAN MOTOR AND WHILE TRYING TO LOAD MOTOR UP ON THE BASE IT ROLLED UP AGAINST HIS LEFT HAND AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER.
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Showing all 6LOADING FOUR FOOT STRAPS FOR STRAPPING ROOF ONTO THE BOLT MACHINE & WHEN HE WAS LIFTING & TWISTING THE INJURY OCCURRED.
HE WAS WORKING ON A 21 SC SHUTTLE CAR STEERING BALL ON THE LOADING END OPER. SIDE WHEEL AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR.
EE WAS SWINGING RUB RAIL BACK INTO PLACE AFTER WORKING ON THE SCRUBBER SYSTEM AND COMPLETELY CLEANING IT OUT, HE AHD TO LIFT THE RUB RAIL UP SOEM TO PUT IT BACK IN BRACKET TO PUT PIN THROUGH I T TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. WHLE LIFTING RAIL UP IS WHEN THE STRAIN OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF THE 21SC SHUTTLE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF TIME, SO HE PUT HIS FEET AGAINST THE FRAME AND PULLED WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAUSE OF HIS BACK STRAINS. THIS INJURY OCC URRED TWO BREAKS OUTBY FACE OF NUMBER FOUR.
EE WAS PICKING UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST IN THE #4 FACE AREA TO DUST THE CUT THAT HAD BEEN BOLTED AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE RIGHT RIB CAGE, HE WAS EXPERIENCING BREEATHIGN DIFFICULTY.