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EMPL WAS INSTLLING ROCK BOLTS AND SLIPPED ON WET FOOTING TWISTING BACK WHEN CATCHIN BALANCE HE HAD SUFFERED PREVIOUS INJURY 6-29-87 AND HAD BEEN RELEASED FOR NORMAL WORK 8-16-88 AFTER CORRECTI VE SURGER SPECILISTSTATED THAT NJURY WAS A PROBABLE RECURRENCE
EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING AND A PIECE OF ROCK DISLODGED, FALLING, STRIKING AND LACERATING LEFT THUMB. SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PREVIOUS DRILLED FACE ROUND WITH PRESSURE PRILL POT. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND RESTING ON AIR VALVE WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM BACK STRIKING HAND. REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OFF GRIZZLEY WHEN HE SLIPPED FALLING THROUGH WITH RIGHT LEG. HE LANDED ON HIS TAILBONE ON GRIZZLEY BARS SUSTAINING CONTUSIONS.
EMPL KNEELING DOWN CLEANING OUT LIFTER DRILL HOLE AND WHEN STANDING UP COULDNT STRAIGHTEN RIGHT KNEE.COLATERAL STRAIN -LOST WORK DAYS.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEND 40LD RAIL WITH CO WORKER AND STRUCK RT ELBOW ON RAIL HE SUSTAINED A ENTUCED ELBOW WHICH BECAME INFECTED AND RESULTED IN LOST WORKDAYS
EMPL DISMANTLING DRILL MACHINE AND TAPPED CONTROL HANDLE WITH HAMMER.PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT CHEST EMBEDDING ITSELF UNDER SKIN.FOREIGN BODY REMOVED 2 SUTURES REQ.
EMPL LIFTING AND ROLLING ROCKS OUT OF ROADWAY AND SUSTAINED ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN OF BACK.
THE INJURED AND PARTNER WERE DRILLING WITH TWO MACHINES IN HEADING.HE SAT HIS MACHINE ASIDE TO MOVE SOME MUCK FROM PART OF FACE TO CPMPLETE DRILLING.A ROCK FELL FROM UPPER FACE AND HANGING WAL L AND STRUCK HIM ON LOWER ABCK AND HIP AREA.HE SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED RIGHT HIP AND FRACTURED FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS JACKING IN THE CRIB SUPPORT AND DISLODGED SOME LOOSE FROM ROOF, THE LOOSE STRUCK HIM ON BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS RESULTED.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC HOOK UP BULL HOSE TO 6 INCH PIPE LINE. THE PIPELINE HAD BEEN SECURED BY ROPE. THE ROPE SLIPPED AND THE PIPE FELL SXX CATCHING MAN S FINGER INBETWEEN PIPE AND FLAN GE SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
SLIPPED ON SNOW3AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE EMPLOYEE HAS HISTORY OF KNEE TROUBLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING PUSH OVER CAR ON HOIST. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND WHEN CAR DROPPED ONTO HOIST, HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN LIP OF ORE CAR AND TOP OFBAR SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO DRILL THE BACK OR ROOF POPPED AND EMPLOYEE RETREATED HURRIEDLY FROM AREA STEPPING ON A ROCK WITH RT HEEL SUSTAINEDIN A BRUISE TEH PHYSICIANS REPORT STATED THAT A PR E-EXISTING ARTH9ITIC SPUR WAS AGGRAVATED BY THE INJURY TREATMENT - STAY OFF FEET FOR A FEW DAYS
EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO RE-RAIL ORE CAR WHEN TRACK-JACK SLIPPED OFF CAR BUMPER & THE HANDLE STRUCK HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER & EAR HE SUSTAINED SOME CONTUSIONS & ABRASIONS
EMP HAD DRILLED3AND BLASTED SOME LARGE BOULDERS AND WAS OPERATING 911 LHD WHEN HE RAN OVER A BOULDER WITH RT FRONT TIRE AND FLIPPED 911 ON ITS SIDE. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION BEHIND RT EAR AND ABRASIONS O5ER LEFT SHOULDER. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING ROCK DRILL OPERATOR COLLAR DRILL HOLES IN DRIFT FACE. WHEN A ROCK FELL FROM FACE,STRIKING HIM ON LEFT KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE.
EMPL DRILLING W3TH JACKLEG DRILL MACHINE AND PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF LIFTER HOLE STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1RAILING LOCOMOTIVE USING TRACK JACK. THE JACK SLIPPED OFF AS HE WAS JACKING CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL, INJURING HIS BACK.
EMP WAS DRILLIN1 WITH JACKLEG MACHINE AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT OF HOLE, STRAINED LOWER BACK
WHILE OPERATING3A LHD OVER ROCK WHICH CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO JAM HIS HEAD AGAINST BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED THROUGH 3-13-87 AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION 3-16-87. HE WAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK SINCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO3G HOLEING WITH JACKLEG MACHINE AND WHEN PULLING BACK ON MACHINE SLIPPED,AND IN TRYING TO CATCH BALANCE DISLOCATIONED RIGHT SHOULDER.HAPPENED AT WILBURG MINE FIVE DEC. 19849
EMPLOYEE WAS JA7KING LOCOMOTIVE UP TO RE-RAIL WHEN TRACK-JACK SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF JACK AND THE JACK BODY. HE SUSTAINED A SMALL LAC ERATION WHICH R9QUIRED SUTURES.
HE BENT OVER TO3PICK UP A FUEL HOSE AND NOZZLE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK, HIS CHOICE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM CHRIOPRACTOR INSTEAD OF MEDICAL DR BECAUSE OF THIS THERE IS A UNCERTAINTY OF W HETHER DAYS LOS7 IS OF A VALID NATURE
MINER INJURED H3S BACK PULLING A DRILL MACHINE OUT OF A HOLE HE WAS DRILLING STRAINING LOWER BACK. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF SHIFTS BEFORE MISSING WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS RO5LING ROCKS TO POSITION THEM FOR BREAKING ON GRIZZLY WHEN HIS FIRST FINGER OF LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN
EMPLOYEE WHILE 9OOF BOLTING DISLODGED A SMALL ROCK WHICH STRUCK HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE SUSTAINED A BRUISED AND ABRASED INJURY. EMPLOYEE WORKED THE REST OF SCHEDUALED SHIFTS IN WEEK. HOW EV EVERY A STAFF I3FECTION SET IN OVER WEEKEND AND ANTIBIOTICS WERE ADMINISTERED.
EMP PICKED UP A35 FT MAT TO PIN UP WHILE ROCK BOLTING AND LACERATED RT HAND ON A BURR THAT WAS CREATED WHEN MANUFACTURER STAMPED HOLES IN MAT SUTURES WERE REQUIRED
EMPLOYEE WAS HA5ING PROBLEMS WITH JACKLEG SO HE HAD RUN THE LEG UP ALONG WITH THE MACHINE AGAINST BACK AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO LEG WHEN HE RELEASED THE LEG A SMALL ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON FOREARM CAUSIN1 A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURING.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING HOLES IN BACK TO ENSTALL ROOF BOLTS IN THE 191 WEST DRIFT, WHEN A SMALL ROCK WAS DISLODGED AND FELL STRIKING MINER ON LEFT ARM CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED S UTURES. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING IN THE 4 CONTRACT WORK AREA AND AS HE WAS PULLING BACK ON THE DRILL MACHINE TO EXTRACT THE DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE PREVIOUSLY DRILLED FELT SOME PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LIMIT ION OF MOTION. 3
EMPLOYEE HAD WET DOWN A MUCK PILE AND AFTER COILING UP WATER HOSE, TURNED TO LEAVE AND STRUCK HISFOREHEAD ON A LOW HANGING MAT. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING FELLOW WORKER INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP SUPPLIES AND A 3\X5 1/2\X10\ ROCK SLABFELL FROM HACK AND RIB BEHIND HIM,STRIKING HIM ON BACK CAUSING A COMPRESSED VERTBRAE 6-T ALONG WITH A SMALL RLOCEROTION AND MUITIPLE BRUISES AND ABRASIONS.
EMP ATTEMPTED TO LOAD A BARREL OF OIL ON KABOTA TRACTOR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
EE WAS USING A GRIZZLY HOOK TO CLEAN ROCKS OFF THE GRIZZLY AT THE PRODUCTION SHAFT DUMP POCKET WHEN A ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT BEHIND HIS STEEL TOED RUBBER MINING BOOTS FRACTURING 3 TOES ON HIS FOOT. HIS FOOT WAS CASTED.
EMPL BECAME ILL AND DR EARLY DIAG WAS HEPATITIS "A".AFTER 1 MO OF TESTING AND LAB WORK HE WAS DIAG AS HAVING CANCER OF THE PANCREAS.THE DR REPORT STATES THIS ILLNESS IS NON-OCCUPATIONALLY RELA
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING U/G PAN FEEDER ATT HE PRODUCTION SHAFT LOADING POCKET. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND RESTING ON FRAME WORK WHEN SOME PIPE, STORED ABOVE WAS DISLODGED AND FELL STRIKING ON TOP OF HAND CAUSING A CONTUSION AND SMALL LACERATION. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED-NO RESTRICTED WORK DAYS.
EMPLOYEE AND TWO MINERS WERE WORKING ON A SCHEDULE 31 EMICO 911 LAODER AT MINERS WORKING PLACE WHEN A SLAB OF ROCK FELL FROM RIB AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE BEHINE AND BELOW RIGHT KNEE A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURING RESULTED RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY APPROX 2 WEEKS
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DRILL MACHINE OUT OF HOLE AND HIS RT KNEE POPPED OUT OF JOINT TIS REPORT HAS BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE OF QUESTIONING WHETHER THIS IS A LEGITIMATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT ACTUAL DA MAGED TO JOINT WAS DONE PREVIOUS AND THIS WAS A REOCCURRANCE TO AN OLD INJURY IS IT?