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EE ALLEGES THAT HIS INJURY OCCURRED FROM ALYING ON HIS BACK LIFTING A 50-60LB STARTER INTO POSITION ON A REPAIR OPERATION. HE ALLEGES HE MENTIONED HIS PAIN TO A CO WORKER AND INFORMED HIS SUPE RVISOR ON THE SAME SHIFT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK HIS REGULAR SHIFT UNTIL THE PAIN BECAME SUCH THAT HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS ALLEGED INCIDENT HE FELL AT HOME AND MISS

EE AND HIS SUPERVISOR WERE UNLOADING AN OIL BARREL FROM THE TAILGATE OF A PICK UP TRUCK INTO THE BUCKET OF A CATEPILLAR 966 HILIFT. AS THEY WERE UNLOADING THE BARREL THE TOP OF THE BARREL CROS SED OVER IT CENTER OF GRAVITY AND STARTED FALLING INTO THE HILIFT BUCKET. THE EE ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE BARREL AND HIS HAND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE BARREL AND THE HILIFT BUCKET.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CARGO AREA OF A PICK UP TRUCK. WITH HIS RIGHT LEG OUTSIDE THE TRUCK. AS THE LEFT LEFT LEG WAS BEING SWUNG OVER THE TAILGATE, IT STRUCK AN AIR NOZZLE,THAT WAS BEING STORED IN THE LEFT REAR STAKE POCKET OF THE TRUCK BED, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE LEG.

AS EE W AS WALKING AROUND HIS SERVICE TRUCK HE WAS HOLDING ON TO THE BACK-UP ALARM. AS HE WAS GRABBING THE BACK-UP ALARM HE RECEIVED A LACERATION FROM THE BACK-UP ALARM. *THIS INJURY IS LATE B EING REPORTED DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS BELIEVED TOBE A FIRST-AID CASE, UNTIL THE MEDICAL BILL ARRIVED AND IT BECAME KNOWN SUTURES WERE APPLIED.

EE WAS ASSISTING MECHANICS LIFT A DEFFERENTAIL INTO PLACE ON THE DRILL UNIT AT THAT TIME HE NOTICED A PAIN IN HIS BACK, BUT CONTINUED TO WORK AND WORKED HIS NEXT SHIFT ON 11-19-93 THE PAIN WAS SEVERE HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTETION.

THE EMPLOYEE STATES THATR A DAILY ROUTINE OF BENDING, TWISTING, AND LIFTING WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS A BLASTER CREATED A LOWER BACK PAIN, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY PULLING ON A TRAIL CABLE OF AN ELECTRIC DRAGLINE WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE POP.HE REPORTED THE INJURY AT THE TIME BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FIRST AID TREATMENT OR MEDICAL CARE.ON 09-09-92 HE CLAIMS HIS KNEE STARTED BOTHERING HIM AND HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME.

EMPL SHOVELING FROZEN DIRT WITH HAND SHOVEL.AT THE TIME DIDNT NOTICE PAIN.THE FOLLOWING AM HAD WSEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EMPL WORKING ON A ROTARY DRILL. BENT OVER TO STAND UP A 7 7/8" DRILL BIT,FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK,CONTINUED TO WORK.1/2 HR LATER,NOTICED A ROLLER HAD FALLEN OFF THE V-BLOCK.AS HE DID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK.

AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS PAN/SCRAPER. HE REACHED ACROSS HIS BODY TO PULL THE OPERATOR'S DOOR SHUT AND TWISTED HIS BACK. HE PROCEEDED HOME AND AFTER A PERIOD O F TIME HIS BACK BECAME WORSE.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE FROM THE LAGGING OF THE DRAG DRUM OF A DRAGLINE. HE HAD PLACED HIS KNEES AGAINST THE LAGGING TO BRACE HIMSELF WHILE PULLING THE CABLES. A SHARP EDGE OF THE LAGGI NG CUT HIS LEFT KNEECAP.

TRANSFERRING 50 POUND TUBES TO TRUCK SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA

EE HAD DISMOUNTED FROM D-5 DOZER WENT TO THE BACK OF HIS MACHINE AND WAS BENDING TO HIS RIGHT TO LOOK FOR AN OIL LEAK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

EE WAS LOADING A D11 CUTTING EDGE ONTO TAILGATE OF PARTS TRUCK, WHEN THE CUTTING EDGE SLID OFF THE TAILGATE AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING HIS LOADER WHEN HE SMELLED WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE BURNING OIL.HE STOPPED HIS MACHINE,WENT TO THE REAR OF THE MACHINE AND KNELT DOWN TO OPEN THE HOOD OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.

EMPL WAS CLEANING BUILDUP OF GREASE OILD UNDER DRUMS OF DRAGLINE. AS HE WAS STEPPING OVER PIPES IN DRAGLINE HE ACCIDENTLY PLACED RIGHT FOOT IN BUCKET OF CLEANING SOLVEN. HE CONTINUED TO WORK & DID NOT REPORT WHAT OCCURRED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATERWHEN BLISTERS APPEARED ON RIGHT FOOT.

INJURED WAS ASSISTING IN CHANGING BUCKETS ON W-2000 RANSOMS-RAPIER. AS HE WAS REMOVING THE CRANE HOOK FROM THE CHAINS, HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 CHAIN LINKS, SUSTAINING THE INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING CO-WORKER IN INSTALLING RADIATOR IN 1981 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK. THIS TRUCK'S HOOD OPENS FORWARD. AS THE OVERHEAD CRANE WAS IN USE, BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRUCK. I.NAME THEN ATTEMPTED TO CENTER THE RADIATOR, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UNDER MACHINE, CHANGING OIL WHEN HIS LEFT ELBOW STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING A BLOOD VESSEL TO RUPTURE. HIS ELBOW SWELLED AND HE HAD TO HAVE IT ASPIRATED. HE RETURNED TO THE DOCTOR ON 9-17-90 AND HAD A DRAIN PLACED IN HISELBOW TO DISPOSE OF THE FLUID. HE BEGAN TO MISS WORK AS OF 9-17-90.

REPLACING BOLTS CUT FINGER ON RING

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM ROTARY DRILL. HE SLIPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP ADN FELL APPROX. 3 FT. LANDING ON HIS BAKC ON THE FROZEN EARTH. THIS IS THE SECOND RECURRENCE OF THE ORIGINAL INJU RY. PREVIOUSLY THE EMPLOYEE HAS MISSED 40 AND 81 DAYS.

EMPLOYEE HAD LIFTED LID OF EXPLOSIVE BOX, LEANING THE LID AGAINST THE WALL OF THE TRUCK SO HE COUD REPLACE UNUSED BLASTING CAP. HE WAS SUPPORTING THE LEANING LID WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHILE REPL ACING THE CAPS IN THE BOX WITH HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED FROM THE LID CAUSING THE LID TO COME DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED PUTTING DRAG DRUM BOLTS IN THE DRAG DRUM WHICH HE HAD BEEN ASSISTING IN REPAIRING. CRAWLING THROUGH THE PORT HOLE AND SPOKES OF THE DRUM PLACED HIM IN AWKWARD POSITI ONS AND WHEN HE DISMOUNTED THE DRAGLINE HE FELT PAIN UNDER HIS LEFT BREAST, LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE SAW DOCTOR FOR PAIN ON 4-9-90 AND PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS RECOMMENDED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIR OPERATION ON DRILL. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT CENTER TUBE FOR DRILL LOADER SO IT COULD BE WELDED INTO PLACE. AS HE WAS LIFTING, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK AND RIGHT SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 4/6/90 WHICH IS HIS FIRST DAY OF DISABILITY.

EE WAS REPAIRING HOIST JACK ON UNIT 1307. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE PIN FROM THE MACHINE DECK TO PUT ON TOP OF THE JACK, HE TURNED, AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING 6" SUCTION HOSE TO DEEPER PART OF SUMP HOLE. HE PULLED ON THE HOSE AND FELT A PAIN IN THE AREA OF HIS RIGHT TESTICLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING ACETYLENE TANLS AT THE WAREHOUSE.HE HAD REMOVED THE EMPTY TANK AND PLACED IT IN THE STORAGE AREA.AS HE WAS LIFTING THE NEW TANK,HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.HE CONTIN UED TO WORK AND THE PAIN INCREASED. ON OCTOBER 9,1989 HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT KITTANNING HOSPITAL AND WAS GIVEN MEDICATION AND EXCUSED FROM WORK FOR 3 DAYS.HE IS TO BE RE-EVALUATED B

EE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WAS AT WELDING REPIR SITE OF DRAGLINE BUCKET AT PIT 537. AFTER HE LEFT THIS AREA. AND RETURNED TO BACKFILLING AT THE SITE, HE NOTICED DISCOMFORT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THE DISCOMFORT CONTINUED AND AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE PHYSICIAN REMOVED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM HIS EYE.

EMPL HAD REMVED 9" DRILL BIT & WAS PLACING IT AT SCRAP PILE LOCATED AT FUEL TANK AREA WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK, LEFT HIP, LEFT LEG. HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT PAIN DID NOT DIMISHED & 6/22 /89 SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT. FIRST DAY MISSED I6/22/89.

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN LOWERING EJECTOR UNIT TO CATWALK IN PREPARATION PLANT WHEN THE UNIT ROLLED PINNING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE JIG WALL & UNIT

MECHANIC AND WELDER HAD TWO SHEETS OF STEEL ON THE FORKS OF THE TOW MOTOR ONE SHEET HAD BEEN CUT AT AN ANGLE BY A SHEARING MACHINE AND SWHEN THE INJURED SLID THE STEEL OFF THE TOW MOTOR ACROS S THE OTHER SHEET OF STEEL A PIECE OF SLAG EDGE CAME ACROSS THE PALM OF THE L HAND CAUSING THE INJURY

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A BLOCK UNDER THE DRAG SOCKET THAT WAS RAISED BY THE TRUCK CRANE, SO THE WEDGE COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE SOCKET. HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE BLOCK, CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAU GHT BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND DRAG SOCKET.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CLEAN COALSKIRTING IN PREPARATION OF REPLACING SKIRTING AS HE WAS RAISING FRROM A KNEELING POSITION HIS RIGHT KNEE STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE STEEL COVER PLATE SUSTAINING TH E INJURY

EMPL REPLACING EMPTY BARREL WITH FULL BARREL OF GREASE.HAD TO TILT BARREL BACK TO GET IT IN PLACE.WHEN HE TILTED BARREL,FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS MO6NTING DRAGLINE,WHEN HE BUMPED HIS KNEE ON ONE OF THE STEPS ON THE SHOE OF THE DRAGLINE.HE CONTINUED TO WORK BUT EXPERIENCED INCREASE PAIN IN HIS KNEE.ON 08-20-87,HE SOUGHT MEDI CAL ATTENTION. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING,CARRYING EMPTY 55 GALLON DRUM INSIDE MAGNUM PRESS BUILDING OF PREPARATION PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK/LEFT LEG.

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING IN MAINTENANCE REPAIR OPERATION OF TURNING DRAG ROPE.EMPLOYEE TOSSED A 25 POUND WEDGE ONTO TEH REVOLVING FRAME OF THE DRAGLINE,A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET,WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE 3N HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING LOCK PIN APPROX 40 LBS FOR CAT FRAME ON TO STEEL PLATE SO SERVICE TRUCK COULD BACK IN WHEN HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS BACK

EMP WAS COMING 8OWN A STAND BY DRUMS, WITH A BU CKET IN HIS HAND AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON MACHINERY FRAME BY STEPS

INJURED WAS ASS3STING IN REPAIRING FUEL INJECTOR OF UNIT 1260 MECHANIC WAS KEEPING PRESSURE ON RACHET AND INJURED WAS PULLING TO LOOSEN INJECTOR NOZZLE INJURED HAD HIS RT HAND ON THE LEFT REAR LIGHT GUARD TR2ING TO KEEP HIS BALANCE HE WAS STANDING ON THE LEFT TIRE AND ONE FOOT ON THE BRAKE CHAMBER NOZZLE CAME LOOSE INJURED FELL 5 FT TO PIT FLOOR

EMP WAS UNLOADI3G 30# EXPLOSIVE TUBES FOR USE IN BLASTING OPERATION. HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS, WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO STIFFEN AND PAIN HIM

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A BROKEN BEARING ON A VIBRATOR MOTOR AND HE REACHED AROUND TO REMOVE THE REAR BOLT.THE BEARING SLID AROUND TO THE SIDE AND CUT THE INSIDE APART OF HIS LEFT HAND,REQUIRING SUTURES. 3

EE WAS HELPING 7O LIFT A CUTTING EDGE IN PLACE ON A BULLDOZER BLADE. AS H E WAS LIFTING HE FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN & LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM THE STORAGE SHELF IN THE W AREHOUSE AS HE LIFTED THE PUMP HE TURNED AND FELT A SHARP JAG IN HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING THE LADDER ON THE SIDE OF AN EXPLSIVE TRUCK AN ANFO BULK TRUCK AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER HE LEFT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE

EMPLOYEE NOTICED WATER & STEAM COMING FROM RADIATOR CAP HE STOPPED THE MACHINE & WENT ON HOOD OF MACHINE PLACED HIS RT FOOT ON R ADIATOR CAP IN AN EFFORT TO TIGHTEN CAP WHEN HE LIFTED HIS FOOT OFF THE CAP THE CAP BLEW SCALDING THE EMPLOYEE

EMPLOYEE STATES AFTER MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING NUMEROUS TIMES FROM THE ROTARY DRILL, DURING A REPAIR OPERATION HE TORE THE MENISCUS CARTILAGE IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF BLASTING AGENT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA

WHILE REPAIRING ON THE FINAL DRIVE ON D455A KOMATSU TRACTOR TIGHTENING BOLT WITH 1IN AIR GUN EMPLOYEE BUMPED RT ARM ON UNDERSIDE OF DOZER

EMPL REACHING DOWN TO LIFT 50 LB BAG OF SODA ASH FROM SKID TO PLACE CONTENTS INTO WATER TREATMENT BASKET.AS HE LIFTED HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.