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March 13, 1995 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CRIB BLOCKS FROM UNDERNEATH A DOZER THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. WHILE LIFTING THE CRIB BLOCKS, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE BEGAN MISSING TIME ON 3/20/95.

February 23, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WELDING ON A BREAKER WRENCH OF A HIGHWALL DRILL. WHILE CHIPPING SLAG A PIECE OF SLAG GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR. HE FIRST SAW A DOCTOR ON 2/25/95 WHO DIAGNOSED NOTHING WRONG. ON 3/1/95 HE COMPLAINED OF DIZZINESS & SAW A DOCTOR. A HOLE WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT EAR DRUM. HE STARTED MISSING WORK DAYS ON 3/1/95.

February 12, 1995 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 992C LOADER IN THE SPOIL SIDE OF A PIT. HE NOTICED THAT THE SPOIL BANK BEGAN TO CRACK. HE PANICED AND WAS GOING TO LEAVE THE LOADER. AS HE GOT OUT OF THE SEAT, THE SPO IL HIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LOADE AND HE STRUCK HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND KIDNEY AGAINST THE CAB. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPOIL MATERIAL TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE LOADER. HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INJURE

July 13, 1994 KY · Coal welder (shop) DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN IN HIS HIP AND BACK AND WAS TOLD TO SEE A DR. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING A SIATIC NERVE PROBLEM, FROM REPETITIVE MOTION OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. HE STARTED MISS ING TIME ON 7-13-94.

April 13, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT A HYDRAULIC JACK ONTO A TRACK BED. AFTER LIFTING THE JACK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 27, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS DOING CAPENTRY WORK IN A PARTS TRAILER. HE UNLOADED SOME LUMBER 2X4,2X12 AND PLYWOOD HE WORKED THE ENTIRE SHIFT. ON THE NEX DAY 8-28-93 HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN HE HAD A STINGING PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA HE LEFT WORK AND WAS CHECKED INTO A HOSPITAL.

March 26, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Costain Coal Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BUCKET PIN HAD PARTIALLY BACKED OUT OF THE DEMAG SHOVEL. THE EE WAS USING A HYDRAULIC JACK TO PRESS THE PIN INTO PLACE. THE JACK CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EE ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE. 5 STITCHES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.

October 27, 1992 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Costain Coal Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SUPPLING THE EXPLOSIVE TRUCK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHIFT. HE AHD GOTTEN 1 & 1/2 CASES OF CAST PRIMERS FROM THE MAGAZINE. HE LOADED THE 1/2 CASE ONTO THE TRUCK FIRTS, WHEN HE LI FTED THE FULL CASE ONTO THE TRUCK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WROK UNTIL 8 AM WHEN HE HAD TO LEAVE TOSEEK TREATMENT.

September 10, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Costain Coal Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAD BACKED THE TRUCK UP TO THE BERM ON THE DUMP. HE RAISED THE BED UP UNTIL THE BED CONTACTED THE BERM. HE BACKED THE TRUCK UP WIHT THE BED RAISED TO PUSH THE LOADER OVER THE BERM WHI CH IS IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY RULES. THIS CAUSED THE BED TO RAISE HIGHER WITHOUT USE OF THE HYDRAULIC JACKS. WHEN HE PULLED THE TRUCK FORWARD, THE WEIGHT OF THE BED HIT THE JACKS HARD, WHICH

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