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January 7, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OVERHEAD STRAINED BACK

November 5, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western Mobile Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING PIT LOADER, RAN OVER SOME ROUGH UNEVEN GROUND

July 10, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING OUT FEEDER CONVEYOR AND CULVERT, BOTH SIDES WERE EXCAVATED. A BIG CRACK IN MATERIAL OPENED UP AND MATERIAL SLID INTO HIS KNEE.

March 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Western Mobile Inc · Struck against a moving object

LARGE ROCK LOADED INTO HAUL TRUCK BY OPERATOR; ROCKED THE TRUCK. EE COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN.

January 18, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING FGROZEN MATERIAL FROM UNDER THE ROADBASE STACKER, SLIPPED ON ICE, CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HAND.

December 29, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING STEEL FROM HOPPER, MATERIAL CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE. EE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE FALLING MATERIAL & HIT A HANGING GATE.

December 14, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A HACKSAW TO CUT THE METAL ROD, BLADE SLIPPED OFF ROD CAUSING LEFT HAND TO STRIKE ROD & CUT FINGER.

November 29, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING A BOLT WITH A BREAKER BAR & DEEP WELL SOCKET. SOCKET SLIPPED FROM BOLT HEAD & FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TOOL & STATIONARY OBJECT

November 17, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING WIPER ON FEED CONVEYOR; ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AND LET GO OF WIPER.

November 17, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Inc · Fall from machine

FEEDER ON FINISH SIDE PLUGGED WITH FROZEN CHUNK. HE BROKE IT & UPON CLIMBING OFF THE FEEDER, SLIPPED AND FELL.

September 25, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Western Mobile Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STUNG BY A BEE / ALERGIC REACTION.

August 10, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING EDGE SEGEMENTS FROM WHEEL LOADER. REMOVING BOLTS, BOLT SLIPPED AND CUT FINGER.

June 21, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING IN A DITCH, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK, NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

May 25, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AN OIL BARREL AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

May 1, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Inc · Fall from machine

IN BED AREA OF BOOM TRUCK, AS HE WAS GETTING OUT, SLIPPED ON SOME GREASE AND FELL.

April 1, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING IN A DITCH, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK. NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ON 6/21 AGGREVATED CONDITION AT WORK, THEN REPORTED IT. HAS BEENWORKING FULL DUTY THE WHOLE TIME. GOING TO DO A STEROID INJECTION.

February 15, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH SCREEN CLOTH MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY & SMASHED HIS FINGER

January 24, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STANDING ON A BUCKET TO REACH FILTER ON A HIGHER SHELF WHEN BUCKET KICKED OUT FROM UNDER FOOT, FELL TO FLOOR.

January 19, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO A MACHINE SHED ROOF TO NAIL DOWN LOOSE TIN, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE ROOF AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

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