Fork Ridge StripCoal

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT WHILE WORKING ON A DOZER. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON D-10 DOZER HARD BAR, PAD THAT GOES TO THE HARD BAR CAME LOOSE HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. THIS CAUSED A SMALL CUT THAT REQUIRED 2 OR 3 STITCHES.

EE WAS OPERATING A 35 TON VOLVO HAULER WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIENCINS SEVERE BACK PAIN. NO INCIDENT NO ACCIDENT AND THIS IS AN ALLEDGED CLAIM.

EE WAS OPERATING HAULER, STOPPED FOR DINNER. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING HAUL ROAD WITH HIS LOADER. HE RAN INTO A HOLE IN THE ROAD THAT JARRED HIS BACK. HE DID NOT TURN IN A WORK RELATED COMPENSATION CLAIM UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2002.

EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER RECLAIMING A STEEP SLOPE AND WENT OVER A LARGE ROCK WHEN HE LANDED THE JOLT JARRED HIM REAL HARD.

EE WAS CHECKING OIL LEVELS ON A 994 CAT LOADER. HE WAS COMING BACK DOWN THE STEPS, HE SLIPPED, TWIST6ING HIS LEFT KNE (LEG).

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WATER TRUCK AND HIT A HOLE IN THE ROAD COMING OFF THE DUMP, TWISTING HIS BODY AND NECK.

EMPLOYEE HAD A CHEST X-RAY AND IT WAS FOUND HE HAD ABNORMALITIES SUGGESTING COALESCENCE AND SMALL PNEUMOCONIOTIC OPACITIES, COR PULMONALE, ENLARGEMENT OF HILAR AND MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES, DIS TORTION OF INTRATHORACIC ORGANS, PLEURAL THICKENING AND POSSIBLE CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A TONG WRENCH THEN TURNED AND WRENCHED HIS BACK. HE FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER LUMBAR SECTION.

AS EMPLOYEE PULLED HIMSELF UP INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF HIS CAT HAULER TO CHECK THE AIR CONDITIONING BELT, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.