January 6, 1990
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
K & B Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING A WIRE ROPE CABLE WHICH WAS TO BE USE TO PULL A 773 CAT TRUCK OUT OF DITCH. THE CLAIMANT STATES THAT HE AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE PULLING A WIRE ROPE CABLE. THE FIRST MAN STOPPED AND THE LOAD SHIFTED TO HIM. AT THAT TIME HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.