INJURED MAN STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A CASE OF POWDER OUT OF THE SECTION POWDER BOX AND HURT HIS BACK HIS FELLOW WORKERS SAID THAT THE MAN DIDNT TIP THE CASE OF POWDER BU T THAT HE DID GET A BOX OF BLASTING CAPS OUT OF THE POWDER BOX
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October 21, 1988
KY · Coal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
October 18, 1988
KY · Coal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED EMPLOYEE AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A HEAD DRIVE MOTOR ON #2 BELTLINE HE SAID THAT HE INJURING HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING ON THE MOTOR BUT HE DIDNT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS HURT
July 15, 1987
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W & C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL PICKING ROCK OFF BELT.PULLED MUSCLES IN SHOULDER AND BACK.
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