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INJURED WAS INSTALLING 6' BENDABLE ROOF BOLTS & STRAINE DHIS SHOULDER AS HE WAS STRAIGHTENING ONE. INJURY WAS REPORTED ON 7-20-94 EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DR ON MISS OWRK UNTIL 7-26-94.
THE ROADWAY HAD SOME HOLES. EE WAS OPERATING A RAM CAR WHEN HE HIT A HOLE IN THE ROADWAY.
EE WAS WALKING TOWARD THE FACE OF 004 SECTION WHEN HE SAW A BOX OF GLUE LAYING IN THE MUD HE BENT OVER PICKED IT UP & PUT IT BACK ON THE STACK OF GLUE HE LATER COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN CHEST LEFT SIDE & UPPER BACK
INJURED WAS SUPPLYING THE ROOF DRILL WITH SUPPLIES, WHILE CARRYING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE TO THE MACHINE HE STEPPED ON A SLICK ROCK LOOSING HIS BLANACE CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE AND IHS FOREMAN WERE HANGING A MINER CABLE IN #3 ENTRY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN AN IMPROPER POSITION TO HANG CABLE.
THIS PERSON STOPPED WORKING FOR KINNEY BRANCH MINING INC. 3-3-94, DUE TO HEART ATTACK HE SUFFERED AT HOME. HE WAS LATER DIAGNOSED WITH BLACK LUNG. HE IS PRESENTLY WORKING FOR SCANT BRANCH COAL CO WHERE HE STARTED 10-14-94 AND IS A SECTION SUPERVISOR. HE WORKED AT DUKES BRANCH COAL CO FROM 8-94 TO 10-14-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING ROCK OVER TO HOLD VENTILATION CURTAIN AGAINST BOTTOM. WHEN HE MASHED THE END OF HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN 2 PIECES OF ROCK.
WHEN HE RAISED HIS CANOPY A PIECE OF LOOSE ROCK FELL & IT ROLLED OFF THE CANOPY HIT HIM ON THE LEG CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE DRILL CONTROLS THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE HEAD INJURY
EMPLOYEE WAS USING PLASTER MACHINE HE LIFTED A 5 GAL BUCK OF PLASTER TO POUR IN THE MACHINE THIS IS WHEN HE SAID HE HURT HIS BACK
HE WAS BOLTING ROOF ON 002 SECTION AND A PIECE OF ROCK 4'X16' X4" FELL FROM BETWEEN THE BOLTS ONTO THE FLOOR ROLLED OVER ON THE PERSONS FOOT.