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EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING WEEDS FROM AROUND WATER STORAGE TANK STEPPED IN A HOLE WHICH WAS COVERED BY HIGH GRASS & WEEDS HE FELL FORWARD CAUSING THE COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS RT FOOT
EE HAD THROWN RR SWITCH FOR LOCOMOTIVE TO PASS. HE WAS STANDING BESIDE SWITCH WHEN LOCOMOTIVE PASSES, THE SWITCH HANDLE SWUNG UPWARDS, STRIKING HIM ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS RIGHT KNEE. APPARENTLY HE HAD NOT LOCKED THE SWITCH HANDLE DOWN. THE LOCK MECHANISM IW WORKING PROPERLY. BRUISES & CONTUSIONS AROUND KNEE AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES TO THRUST BEARINGS ON A WEDAG 15 0 CENTRIFUGAL DRYER WHEN 2 EMPLOYEES STARTED TO TURN BASKET EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS RT HAND RESTING ON DRYER DRIVE BELTS WHE N BASKET TURNED EMPLOYEE #1 RT THUMB WENT BETWEEN DRIVE BELT & SHEAVE
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPTING OT REPLACE LENR PLAT EIN 21 B WASH BOX FEED CHUTE. CLIP ON LINE RBROKE CAUSING EMPLOYEE OT FALL DOWN THROUGH CHUTE CAUSING INJURY TO BACK.
EE HAD CUT A 4" PIECE 10" METAL PIPE TO ADD TO THE EXISTING PIPE. WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO POSITION THE PIPE INPLACE SO HE COULD WELD IT TO THE EXISTING PIPE, HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOWERING IN BATHOUSE. HE STUMBLED IN SHOWER STALL AND HIS RIGHT HAND HIT WALL HARDON 1-27-95 HE COMPLAINED ON SWELLING & PAIN TO THE HAND. HE HAD BEEN PERFORMING MANUAL LABOR TA SKS.
EE WAS WORKING IN PLANT AROUND FINE HEAVY MEDIA TANK. A PIPE THAT WAS BEING REPLACED HAD DIRTY BLACK WATER IN IT. WHEN MOVED THE PIPE ALLOWED THE WATER TO ENTER HIS LEFT CAR. A FOREMAN ACCIDE NT REPORT WAS NOT FILED UNTIL 2-3-95 AND NO DR REPORT WAS MENTIONED UNTIL MARCH WHEN EE BROUGHT COMP REPORT OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY TO OFFCE ON 3-13-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK AROUND RC FEEDERS AT #2 RC TRUCK DUMP. FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RIGHT KNEE. NO LOST TIME REPORTED BECAUSE EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 1-26-95 AT WHI CH TIME SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON HIS RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ATOP HYD TANK CHANGING OUTCONDUIT SO TANK COULD BE RAISED. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE THE CONDUIT OVERHEAD. HE COMPLAINED ON PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER & NECK AREA. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-23-95 AND NO COMPENSATION REPORT WAS RECEIVED UNTIL 3-7-95 AND NO DOCTORS SLIP WAS GIVEN TO SHOW MEDICAL TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING END LOADER. HE SLIPPED ON LAST STEP OF LADDER CAUSING HIM TO LAND HARD ON HIS FEET. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THE SHIFT WHICH ENDED AT 11:00PM
EE WAS USING WATERHOSE TO UNSTOP A PLUGGED PIPE. HE WAS PUSHING HOSE THROUGH PIPE WHILE UNDER PRESSURE. HE BELIEVES HE PULLED A MUSCLE OR TENDON.
EE WAS DECENDING STAIRS FROM THICKNER. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MINING FACE AND HIS SHOES HAD SOME ON THEM. HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE THUMBLED DOWN STIARS. HE RECEIVED A CUT ON HIS LEFT FOREARM AND THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE SHOWED SIGNS OF BRUISING.
WORKER WAS STANDING BY DUMP HOPPER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND RESTING ON HOPPER WALL. HE WAS OBSERVING COAL FEEDING THRU STAMLER FEEDER. THE COAL TRUCK HAD FINISHED DUMPING, BUT A LUMP HUNG ON THE C AB PROTECTOR, FELL FROM IT AND STRUCK WORKER'S RIGHT HAND. HIS MIDDLE & RING FINGERS CUT AND THE KNUCKLE ON THE MIDDLE FINGER WAS MASHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING COAL SAMPLES. FILLING SAMEPLE BAGS AT #2 RAW COAL TRUCK DUMP. HA DFILLE DBAGS PICKED UP ON SAMPLE BAG OF COAL. STRAINING LOWER BACK MUSLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING NO. 2 LONG HANDLE SHOVEL TO REMOVE MATERIAL OFF FLUME OF WASH BOX. HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF TO SHOVEL ONTO AN IMPROVISED CHUTE FROM A AWKWARD POSITION. HE COMPLAINE DOF P AIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEF THIP AREA AFTER WORKING IN THIS POSITION FOR AWHILE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING DOZER ON SLATE DUMP HE BACKED OVER A WIND ROLL CAUSING THE DOZER TO BOUNCE SHARPLY HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF CONCRETE PLATFORM IN FRONT OF PLANT ELEVATOR ONTO CONCRETE FLOORS--BOLT HAD BEEN LEFT ON FLOOR--EE STEPPED ON BOLT WITH RT. FOOT--TURNING ANKLE, CAUSING SPRAIN TO RT. ANKLE
EE WAS CHANGING A 15 HP MOTOR ON A 6X16 TABOR R.C. VIBRATOR. HAD LOOSENED BOLTS FROM BASE OF BAD MOTOR TO REMOVE IT, THE SELF ADJUSTING BASE SHIFTED PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN MOTOR AND BASE, IN JURY COMPOUND FRACTURE TO RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF ANGLE PIECE OF HOT METAL SPLATTERED IN LEFT EYE FOREMAN STATED THAT EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING CUTTING GOGGLES
IMPACT OF TWISTING BODY WEIGHT ON RT KNEE SPRAINED 2 LEGIMENTS IN RT KNEE.
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER BESIDE R.C. CRUSHER AT 1 R.C. TRUCK DUMP EE MISSED BOTTOM STEP OF LADDER AND FELL. INJURY WAS TO THE INSIDE UPPER RT. LEG IN THE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS EXTING CONTROL ROOM OF STOKER PLANT HE TRIPPED ON DOOR SEAL AND FELT FORWARDS OUT OF DOOR APPROX 3 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE LANDED FACE DOWN PRIMERILY ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE COMPLAINED OF STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN HIS RIGHT WRIST.
SUBJECT WAS WALKING FROM 3RD FLOOR OF PREPPLANT TO 2ND FLOOR AS HE APPROACHED TOP OF STAIRS ON 3RD HE STUMBLED FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS TO 2ND FLOOR DURING THE FALL HIS RT ELBOW STRUCK HANDRAIL CAUSING EXTENSIVE SWELLING IN THE ELBOW AND RT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PLATFORM ABOVE WEMCO DRYER. TO SWITCH 14" CHUTE TO BIPASS DRYER, WHEN HE PULLE DON HANDLE OF CHUTE HTE HANDLE BROK EOFF CHUTE CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF OF PLA TFORM. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN AND PAIN IN RIGHT HIP AS A RESULT OF THE FALL.
EMPLOYEE IS FILLING FOR RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS (R.I.B.)
EMPLOYEE IS FILING FOR RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS (R.I.B.)
EMPLOYEE IS FILING FOR RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS (R.I.B.)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER RAW COAL BELT ON NON PRODUCTIVE SHIFT. RAISED UP HITTING HIS UPPER BACK ON BOTTOM OF BELT STRUCTURE CAUSING A 1 1/2" LACERATION BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D8L DOZER IN COAL TOCKPILE PUSHING MATERIAL AWAY FROM STACKING TUBES. HE DID NOT REPORT NAY INJURY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING, WHEN HE CALLE DIN REPORTED HIS LOWER B ACK WS HURTING FORM OPRATING THE DOZER. HE STATED HE WAS GOING TO SEE HIS DR.
THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS COMING OFF THE HILL WHERE HE HAULS FROM AN HE PUT THE TRUCK, LOW GEAR BEFORE HE CAME DOWN THE HILL AND AS HE WAS COMING ASUM THE HILL THE TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR A ND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK, THE HILL WAS SLIPPERY AND WET. TRUCK HIT HIGHWALL OF ROCKS.
EE HAD KNOCKED DOORS OPEN ON R.R. CAR TO CLEAN IT LARGE AMT OF COKE WAS STUCK IN ONE DOOR. EE CLIMBED DOWN IN R.R. CAR TO FORCE COKE OUT HE STEPPED ONTO THE PILE OF COKE IN DOOR. WHEN MATERIAL GAVE WAY CAUSING EE TO FALL THRU DOOR TO GROUNDIN A STANDING POSITION CAUSING SEVERE SPRAIN TO RT ANKLE AND FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING REFUSE UPHILL. HE RAN OVER A ROUGH AREA IN ROAD CAUSING HIM TO BE BOUNCED AGAINST DOOR OF TRUCK HE HIT AGAINST HIS LEFT RIB CAGE.
BAY SCREEN FEEDING RAW COAL CRUSHER AT #2 DUMP WAS PLUGGED WITH COAL REQUIRING EMPLOYEE TO USE SLATE BAR TO KNOCK LARGE PIECES OF ROCK & COAL THROUGH SCREEN TO CLEAR IT UP. BAR SLIPPED STRIK ING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT KNEE. RETURNED TO WORK THENEXT DAY & WORKED EVERY SCHEDULED SHIFT UNTIL FEB 25, 1994. WENT TO DR. WITH PAIN IN KNEE- BEINGTREATED.
5TH FLOOR OF PREP PLANT ON THE DISCHARGE END OF 22-B DRAIN AND RINSE VIBRATOR. PULLED HANDLE TO OPEN FLOP GATE TO BYPASS STOKER COAL. WHEN HE PULLED OR LIFTED HANDLE OF GATE EXPERIENCED PAIN I N LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOCKING RAIL CAR DOOR WITH DOOBAR, HE WAS PULLING ON BAR HAND. KHE FELT A SENSATIONIN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS OPERATING ENDLOADER LOADING RAILCARS. THE CONSTANT BOUNCING MOTION INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS ENTERING THERMAL DRYER-KNEES CAM IN CONTACT WITH CINDERS THAT HAD NOT COOLED-CAUSING 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO AREAS AROUND BOTH KNEES.
HAULING COAL FROM JOB SITE TO AGIP DUMP.WHILE DOWN HILL RETARDER.STOPPED WORKING AND DRIVER SAID HE LOCKED HISA MAXIE BRAKES.HIS THROTTLE RAN AWAY SO TO STOP THE TRUCK HE RAN IT INTO THE HIGHW ALL.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE COAL CARS IN STORAGE YARD. A BEE STUNG HIM ON THE BACK OF THE NECK.HE HAD A ALLERGIC REACTION. EMPLOYEE DID KNOW OFHIS CONDITION & WAS AWARE OF THE BEES IN THAT AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING DOWN FLOOR IN PREP PLANT. AS HE PULLED WATER HOSE AROUND RIB, USING HIS HIP TO PULL. HOSE CAUGHT ON LEG ON R.C. RIB PAN. EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BODY TO ONE SIDE AS HE TUGGED TO FREE HOSE, FELT SOMETHING POP IN LOWER BACK. CAUSED SERIOUS MUSCLE PULL IN LOWER BACK.
EMP. WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM FLOOR AND THROWING IT OUTSIDE DOOR, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL A SECTION OF 1 &1/2 WATER HOSE LOOSE FROM FLOOR. HOSE WAS FROZEN TO FLOOR. EMPLOYEE GAVE A SUDDEN HARD YANK ON HOST TO FREE IT CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MANUALLY OPEN THE FEED GATE TO C.C. CRUSHER ON 3RD FLOOR OF PREP PLANT- FELT PAIN AND BURNING IN LOWER ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING REFUSE TO DUMP. ON A RETURN TRIP HE LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK DUE TO SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THE FRONT WHEELS SLID INTO DITCH, PITCHING OPERATOR FORWARD INTO DASH BAORD. THE BU STED HIS MOUTH & POSSIBLY SPRAINED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE DECENDIG STAIRS TO GROUND LEVEL. HE STEPPED ONTO AN ICY AREA WHILE CARRYING TOOL BAG. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED ON ICE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING OIL IN DOZER ENGINE. HE STEPPED ON MUDDLY DOZER TRACKS WITH MUDDY SHOES. HE SLIPPED & FELL STRIKING AGAINST PUSH ARM ON HIS LEFT SIDE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK, COMPLAINED OF SLIGHT ABRASION AND SORENESS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS BETWEEN #1 THICKNER CATWALK TO THE TOP OF #1 THICKNER UNDER FLOW ROOM- SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING INJURY TO LOWER RIGHT BACK AND RIGHT LEG. LANDED ON STAIRS WHEN HE FELL.
EE WAS STANDING ON WALKWAY PLATFORM AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CC FLOAT RINSE VIBRATORS HE STUMBLED ON MAT RT FOOT SLIPPED INTO THE DISCHARGE CHUTE OF 22B VIB EE EXPERIENCED SOME PAIN AT THE TIME OF OCCURAGE A REPORTED TO FOREAMN THAT HE HAD TWISTED HIS ANKLE VICTIM COMPLETED THE SHIFT WORKED FULL SHIFT ON THE 23 24TH AT NOON OF THE 25TH VICTIM WENT TO DR X RAY SHOWED A BJROKE BONE IN
OCCUPATIOJNAL DISEASE PNEUMOCONIOSIS AND/OR SILICOSIS AND/OR SIDE RUOUS AND/OR INDUSTRIAL BRANCHITIS AND/OR A COMBINATION OF SAME CLAIM #91-391 21 AS RECEIVED BY SHAMROCK PROCESSING ON SPET 29 1992
EMPLOYEE IS FILING CLAIMD FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE BENEFITS-CLAIMING HE HAS CONTRACTED AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE AFFECTING HIS RESPIRATORY AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS INCLUDING PNEUMCONIOSIS,SISLICO SIS AND OR OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE AND OR RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.