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July 29, 1994 OH · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Eberts Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE HAD FLAT ON TRUCK HAULING COAL. WENT TO CHANGE TRUCKS AND ATTEMPTED TO UNSCOTCH THE WHEEL WERE IT WAS PARKED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCKAND GROUND AND PULLED THE SKIN BACK AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER. HE VISTED LOCAL PHYSICIAN WHERE HAD HAD STITCHES AND WAS TREATED AND DISMISSED. HE RETURNED TO WORK.

July 22, 1991 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Eberts Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 55 GAL DRUM OF ANTI FREEZE STRAINED HOWER BACK

August 4, 1990 OH · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R A Eberts Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BIT ON THE REED DRILL. HE CLIMBED UP INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL, USING THE HAND GRIPS TO PULL HIMSELF INTO THE CAB, TO SET THE WRENCH ON THE STEEL. WHEN HE GOT INTO THE CAB OF THE DRILL HE COULD NOT STANDAS HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AREA. (SPAN OF STEP UP INTO DRILL CAB WAS BETWEEN THREE AND THREE AND A HALF FEET (3'- 3 2/3') AS THE DRILL WAS JA

May 5, 1988 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
La May Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUMPING WATER OUT OF A LANDING BARGE. I WENT TOSET THE PUMP FROM SAND FLAT BARGE ONTO A JUMBO BARGE. MY BACK STARTED ACHING AT THIS TIME.

October 16, 1987 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterloo Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS AN3ASSISTANT ON THE DAVEY ROTARY AIR EXPLORATORY DRILL HIS DUTY WAS TO LIFT DRILL STEELS 15 FT IN LENGTH APPROX 150 LB ON ONE END TO CONNECT CABLE FROM HOIST SO IT COULD BE SWUNG INTO PLACE THE3DRILL STILL WILL LIE AT A 70 DEG ANGLE AND HOISTED INTO THE DRILL HEAD HE LIFTED UP THE END OF THE STEEL TO PLACE INTO THE HEAD WHEN INJURED

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