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THIS EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND HAS NOW HAD CORRECTIVE SURGERY.
THIS EE IS ACTIVE AND HAS FILED A FEDERAL BLACK LUNG CLAIM. NO RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE BLACK LUNG CLAIM IS PROVEN OR EXISTS. THIS EVIDENCE OF FILNG WAS OBTAINED ON 4-29.
SUBJECT WAS WALKING ON A HILLSIDE, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL CAUSING HIM BRUISING TYPE INJURIES. THIS EE IS NOT MISSING WORK AS OF 4-29-98.
FOOT SLIPPED WHILE GETTING IN TRUCK, DRIVER FELL BACKWARD TO GROUND.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN AIR CONDITIONER FILTER IN HIS DRILL WHEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TIP COME IN CONTACT WITH THE BLOWER CAUSING A CUT TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES . REPORT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
RIGHT FT SPRING BROKE WHERE ROAD HAD ELEVATION CAUSING TRACTOR AND TRAILOR TO OVER TURN.
A BELT WIPER BLOWER WAS BEING RAISED WITH CHAIN BLOCKS IN ORDER TO REMOVE IT BY ONE EE THE INJURED EE WAS GUIDING IT WITH HIS HANDS AND THE WIPER BLOWER SHIFTED TO THE RIGHT AND THE EE STATES IT PULLED HIM FORWARD CAUSING BACK AND STOMACH PAIN DIAGNOSIS POSSIBLE DISC PROBLEM.
THE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS LOADER HE FLET LIKE A SEIZURE WAS COMING ON AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN HELP HE BEGAN TO EXIT THE LOADER. HE THEN WENT INTO AN APPARENT SEI ZURE BLACKING OUT AND IN THE PROCESS OBTAINED A CUT OVER HIS RIGHT EYE REQUIRING STITCHES. EMPLOYEE WAS KEPT OF OBSERVATIONS OF SUSPECTED SEIZURE CONDITION AND NOT LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRAMMING 235 EXCAVATOR WITH DOOR LATCH OPEN. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND IN DOOR OPENING, DOOR SUDDENLLY CLOSED ON HAND. DIAGNOSIS IS BRUISED HADN AND POSSIBLE CRACK IN SMALL FINGER. THI S REPORT IS FOR MEDICAL ONLY.
TURNED TRUCK OVER WHILE DUMPING. FELL AGAINST INTERIOR DOOR & SPRAINED ARM.
EE WAS OPERATING VOLVO A-35 WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF CAB ONTO FENDER TO ADJUST MIRROR AND FELL TO THE GROUND. FENDER WAS COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO ACCIDENT.
SUBJECT WAS PULLING A WATER HOSE, STEPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE AND FELL.
A HOSE HAD BUSTED ON THE DOZER. EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE REMOVE A SHIELD AND GET 3 FINGERS ON RT. HAND MASHED. XRAYS WERE TAKEN & NO BROKEN BONES. PAIN MEDICATION GIVEN.
THE IMPACT WRENCH EE WAS HOLDING SLIPPED OFF A NUT AND FELL APPROX 3-4FT TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON THE RIGHT HAND. SMASHED HAND, WILL BE OFF WORK APPROX 2 WEEKS.
THE INJURED MECHANIC WAS LOWERING A DOZER BELLY PAN WITH A CHAIN SUSPENDED FROM A HOIST. THE BELLY PAN SLIPPED AND THE MECHANIC'S LEFT HAND WAS PULLED AGAINST THE DOZER'S UNDERCARRIAGE, RESULT ING IN A CUT ON THE 4TH DIGIT.
SUBJECT AND ANOTHER EMP WERE LIFTING A SUMP PUMPAND SUBJECT FELT PAIN IN BACK. THE SUBJECT HAS A POSSIBLE DISK DAMAGED (SPRAINED OR STRAINED).
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AND REMOVING DUCT WORK IN BREAKER BLDG. AFTER HE CUT A PIECE OF THE PIPE, HE PUSHED ON IT TO DISLODGE IT AND IT CAME STRAIGHT DOWN AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S FOOT CAUSING A SMA LL LACERATION TO BIG TOE ON RIGHT FOOT. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 2 STITCHES AND MEDICATION.
EE WAS WASHING THE ROAD OFF WITH A WATER HOSE IN AN AREA WHERE TRAFFIC RUNS. A VEHICLE BELONGING TO ANOTHER CONTRACTOR RAN ACROSS THE HOSE. THE HOSE CAUGHT ONTO THE BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE, JERK ING THE HOSE OUT OF THE EE'S HANDS. THE HOSE PULLED THE EE'S SHOULDER HARD. THE PERSON DRIVING DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD HOOKED ONTO THE HOSE AND HURT THE MAN.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BOLT FOR THE TAKE UP ON FEEDER WITH A 3' PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5-14-97, X-RA YS WERE TAKEN AND PAIN PILLS GIVEN. THIS REPORT IS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
THE EE WAS REPAIRING A PORTABLE DRILLING RIG WHICH REQUIRED MOVING AROUND ON THE DRILLING PLATFORM. HE TRIPPED ON A LARGE PIPE WRENCH THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME OF THE DRILLING PLATFORM. H E STRUCK BOTH KNEES ON THE PLATE STEEL DECK RESUULTING IN A CONTUSION AND WAS LATER DIAGNOSED WITH TORN CARTILAGE REQUIRING SURGERY TO REPAIR LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING WITH HIS HANDS A STEEL ROPE OFF OF THE SPOOL OF A HOIST. THE ROPE GOT CAUGHT IN A CRUSHER CAUSING IT TO JERK, CUTTING THE TOP PART OF RIGHT HAND, MIDDLE & 1STF INGERS. SEVERAL STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
EE GOT OUT OF THE DOZER TO CHECK RADIO ANTENNA, LOST HIS FOOTING AND AS HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE JAMMED HIS LEFT THUMB INTO THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND BUMPED HIS RT KNEE ON FUEL TANK. POSS IBLE FRACTURE TO THUMB AND SPRAIN OR BRUISE TO KNEE.
VICTIM STATED HE WAS OPERATING 988 LOADER CLEANING COAL, THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL DROPPED THROUGHT THE COAL INTO A HOLE THUS, CAUSING A JARR TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER. HE REPORTED THIS TO MGNT ON 4 -21-97 AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-25-97. HE EXPERIENCES PAIN AND WAS GIVEN PAIN PILLS AND MUSCLE RELAXES. HE CONTINUES TO WORK NORMAL JOB DUTIES. THIS REPORT IS FOR MEDICAL PU
SUBJECT STATED THAT DURING THE SHIFT ON 3-14-97 HE HAD NOT NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL BUT WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS CAUSED BY PULLING A 1" WATER HOSE. HE OBTAINED MEDICAL EXAM ON 3-17-97 AND WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDICINE. THIS REPORT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
WALKING AROUND LOADER, TRIPPED OVER CRIB BLOCKS, BRUISED LEFT KNEE AND POSSIBLY PULLED MUSCLE.
THE EE HAS RECEIVED AN AWARD FORM WV WORKERS COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 5.0% FOR BLACK LUNG ON 2/20/97.
EE WAS HOLDING 11/2 PIPE ON ONE END WHILE PIPE WAS STRUCK THROUGH THE CORE OF A ROLL OF FILTER FABRIC. EE FELL TO THE GROUND, (TRIPPED) AND MASHED HIS RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. EE HAS A BRUI SED &/OR STRAINED FINGER. NOTE: SUBJECT DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 2/28/97. WAS GIVEN MEDICINE &FINGER BRACE
INSTALLING AN EQUALIZER BAR. EE INJURED BACK WHILE SWINGING A 20 LB HAMMER IN A TIGHT AREA. REC'D DIAGNOSTIC TREATMENT, X-RAY. MISSED 5 DAYS OF WORK.
EMP WAS IN PROCESS OF CLEANING THE CAB AND WINDOWS OF THE DM45 DRILL. AS HE WAS CLEANING, THE DOOR, HE APPARENTLY SHUT DOOR ON HIS RIGHT HAND INJURING 4TH FINGER. REPORTING DUE TO VISIT TO DR.
THIS EMPLOYEE HAS RECIEVED AN AWARD FROM WV WORKERS COMP FOR BLACK LUNG BENEFITS OF 15%.
THIS EE SUFFERS FROM LOW BACK PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH REPETITIVE MOTION TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING WHILE EQUIPMENT.
EMP WAS CHANGING A HOSE ON A 994 WHEN THE PRESSURE BROKE AND KNOCKED OFF HIS SAFETY GLASSES, SPRAYING HYDRAULIC OIL IN HIS EYES. WENT TO DR HAD EYES FLUSHED. KEPT BOTHERING HIM. WENT BACK AND HAD TO HAVE METAL REMOVED FROM EYE.
EE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED OF HAVING DEGENERATIVE CONDITION OF THE HIP CAUSED BY REPEATIVE TRAMA, WALKING, WORKING.
EMP STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO OPEN A GATE VALVE. AS HE WAS OPENING THE VALVE HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMP HAS NOT MISSED TIME BUT HASVISITED DR AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION. REPOR TING BECAUSE EMP RECEIVED MED ATTENTION 1-23-97.
SHOVING PUSHARM STAND UNDER THE PUSHARM ON A D10N. WHILE SHOVING ON PUSHARM STAND PULLED SOMETHING IN LEFT LEG.
THIS EE HAS RECIEVED AN AWARD FOR EXPOSURE TO COAL DUST FROM THE WV WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 10%.
SUBJECT GOT OUT OF HAULER AND WAS GOING TO DISMOUNT, HIS FOOT BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE ROPE USED TO PULL LUNCH BUCKET UP. AS HE WAS DECENDING THE LADDER HE LOST FOOTING AND SLIDE HOLDING TO HAN DRAIL AND PART. OF THE WAY DOWN FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING POSSIBLE STRAIN, SPRAIN, AND OR BRUISES TO HEAD, NECK, BACK, AND LEG.
TWISTED LEFT FOOT STEPPING DOWN FROM SERVICE TRUCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 777 HAULER AND AS HE WENT THROUGH A DIP IN ROADWAY HE BOUNCED AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS IN A RAISED POSITION IN LINE TRUCK WHEN THE BOOM HINGE BRACKET BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX. 30 FT. EE REMAINED IN BUCKET AND SUSTAINED THE FOLLOWING INJURIES. FRACTURES LEFT ELBOW, RT LEG, LEFT HIP AND BROKEN TEETH.
THE EMPLOYEE HAS RECIEVED AN AWARD FOR W.V. ST. BLACK LUN AT 15.00%. THE INFORMATION WAS RECIEVED ON 10-9-96.
WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING ANTIFREEZE ITNO 475-02 KOMATZU DOZER. AS HE WAS TAKIGN OFF CAP, THE CAP SUDDENLLY POPPED OFF SPRAYING STEAM AND ANTIFREEZE ONTO RIGHT SIDE OF BODY. BURNIGN RIGHT AR M JUST ABOVE THE WRSIT TO ELBOW. REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
SLIPPED GETTING IN TRUCK. HIT HAND DURING FALL ON FUEL TANK.
THE INJURED AND A COWORKER WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING A 10' SECTION OF 10' DIAMETER PIPE. THE PIPE WAS BEING PICKED UP BY A LOADER WITH CHAIN AROUND THE PIPE. THE PIPE SLIPPED IN THE CHAIN AFTER BEING RAISED 6" AND FELL STRIKING THE INJURED ON THE RIGHT FOOT.
EE WAS CLOSING THE DRILL ENTRANCE DOOR AND FORGOT HE HAD PLACED HIS LEFT THUMB AT HINGE SIDE OF DOOR. HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE & NEEDED STITCHES.
SUBJECT WAS DRIVING A SERVICE TRUCK WITH HIS LEFT ARM IN THE WINDOW AND WHEN HE RAN OVER A BUMP, HE BOUNCED STRIKING HIS ELOBW THE WINDOW OPENING FLUID ON ELBOW BRUISE. NOTE THIS REPORT IS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY.
REPAIRING AN AIR CONDITIONER UNIT ON A D475A KOMATSU DOZER. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING AC UNIT IN EVAPORATOR CORE AREA, EMP HIT ELBOW ON THE ACCESS DOOR FRAME TO AC UNIT. CUT ON LEFT ELBOW. SWOLLEN PAIN FROM FINGERS UP TO ELBOW. RETURNED 8-13-96.
SUBJECT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SERVICING THE CRUSHER WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A WASP NEST AND WAS STUNG TWICE. SUBJECT WAS TAKEN TO THE DR. FOR A SHOT AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
THE INJURED WAS PUTTING HYD OIL INTO A GRADER FROM A LUBE TRUCK. APPARENTLY PULLED OUT OF THE GRADED TANK QUICKLY CAUSING THE NOZEL HANDLE TO STRIKE THE INJURED OVER TH ELEFT EYE LID, CAUSIN GA CUT APPROX 3/8" LONG AND REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
EE WAS PREPARING TO RUN A SULFUR SAMPLE IN THE LAB. HE WAS STUFFING A COTTON BALL INTO A GLASS TUBE. HEW AS USING A GLASS ROD (POLCE ROD) TO STUFF THE COTTON BALL. AS HE WAS DOING THIS THE GLASS ROD BROKE CUTTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. THIS INJURY REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.