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March 23, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SCREEN INA 36 DRYER AND STRAINED HIMSELF MOVING BASKET AND CHUTE BACK IN PLACE.

November 5, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING ROPE ON RED DEVIL HOIST, PIECE OF WIRE GOT INTO LEFT HAND.

March 29, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD DIARREA YESTERDAY.STARTED CLIMBING LADDER OF992 LOADER AND FELT SOMETHING POP INSIDE. USED BATHROOM AND STARTED PASSING BLOOD THROUGH BOWELS.

September 7, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF METAL WAS STACK IN A AW COAL SHUTE & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT IT BECAME DISLODGED & STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON LEFT KNEE LEFT SIDE BACK RT SIDE RT ELBOW & LEFT THUM B

April 15, 1993 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING DOWN CATWALK WITH A BAG OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX. 45 TO 50 LB. ON HIS SHOULDER, WHICH HAD HAD JUST TAKEN A SAMPLE. THE CATWALK GIVE DOWN CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP CAUSING INJUR Y TO HIS BACK FROM TWISTING.

September 24, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED IS A MECHANIC ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING HIS REGULAR WORK HE HANDLES HEAVY PARTS, ETC. DURING HIS SHIFT HE MUST HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBED ON TEH 992 SEVERAL TIMES & TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 4, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A BARREL OF ANTIFREEZE CONTAINING APPROX 15 GALLONS, EMPLOYEE HURT BACK.

August 1, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

DUE TO NO LIGHTS EMPLOYEE STEPPED THROUGH GRATING, AND TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE AND OPENED TAILGATE, CAUSING COAL TO SPILL OUT OF EMPLOYEE.

December 18, 1991 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H & M Processing Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE COUPLING 4" VICTALIC PIPE, PIPE SLIPPED FROM GRIP FALLING ON AND MASHING FINGERS.

March 4, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ison Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SLAG FROM WELDED AREA COOLED THUS ALLOWING A PIECE TO POP OFF AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD JUST LIFTED WELDING HOOD FROM EYES. HE WASHED EYE OUT AND GAVE EMPLOYEE EYE DROPS AND CRAM TO USE.

September 26, 1986 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS REPA3RING A 988 FRONT END LOADER AND AS I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LOADER I BUMPED MY LEFT KNEE ON A MECHANIC TRUCK

January 7, 1985 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bledsoe Deep Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RAIL-RUNNER BACK ONTO RAIL AND CAUGHT LEFT THUMB UNDER RAIL RUNNER.

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