EPB StripCoal

Dead due to natural causes

EE slipped on frost covered rear loader tire falling onto the tire injuring right ribs and shoulder.

Getting on D-11 dozer, slipped on snow covered track. Grabbed hand rail and bent left thumb back, dislocating thumb.

WHEN EE CAME INTO SHOP ON 11-26-03 HE SAID HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG WAS HURTING HIM. ON 11-28-03 HE CALLED TO SAY HE WAS GOING TO HOSPITAL. (HE SHOVELS UP COAL & PUSHES AUGERS ONTO SLED ON JOB. ) WHEN HE WENT TO E.R. THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS SCIATIC, GAVE MEDS & TOLD HIM TO REST & GO TO HIS DOCTOR THE NEXT WEEK. HIS DOCTOR (ON 12-2-03) SENT HIM FOR AN MRI ON 12-5-03. IT DID NOT SHOW A

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO 992C CATERPILLAR HIGHLIFT TO CHECK ENGINE OIL. EMPLOYEE FELT A ""POP"" IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HIS KNEE.

EE NOTED THE ONSET OF HIP PAIN IN MAY 2000 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEFT HIP AVASCULAR NECROSIS. HE STATES THAT THE PAIN IN HIS HIPS WAS SEVERELY AGGRAVATED AT WORK, WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO REMAIN ON HIS FEET ALL DAY AND WALK BACK AND FORTH IN A LIMITED AREA. MAY 7, 2001 HE UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP FREE VASCULARIZED FIBULAR GRAFT FOR AVASCULAR NECROSIS, CREST BONE GRAFT, & CORE DECOMPRESSI