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November 30, 2005 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING A PART (APPROX. 100 LB.) UP A LADDER, EMPLOYEE TURNED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12/2/05.

December 1, 2004 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GOING UP LADDER TO LOADER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER CALF.

July 17, 2004 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING BATTERY ON A SHOVEL, HE FEELS THAT DUST GOT IN HIS EYE.

January 23, 2003 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING & RMEOVING AN ENGINE FROM A WATER PUMP THE EE PULLED HIS BACK

October 30, 2002 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING BRAKE DRUM AND SPIDER ONTO TRAILER, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 23, 2002 OH · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Struck by falling object

CLAMP BROKE THAT HOLDS THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PIPES TOGETHER, PIPE FELL DOWN ON EE CAUSING MULTIPLE INJURIES, BROKEN NOSE AND JAW, LEFT SHOULDER BLADE, HAND AND ANKLE, BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR BONE.

July 12, 2001 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Company Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER LUNCH EE WENT BACK TO TRUCK AND SAW A ROCK TEAR HIS TIRE. HE JARRED DOWN TO PICK UP ROCK AND PULLED HIS BACK.

September 17, 2000 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED BACK WHILE LIFTING BREAKER BOX AT STONE PLANT.

September 11, 2000 OH · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sands Hill Coal Company Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKING ON COAL HOPPER, WELDING AND MAKING GUARDS, WHILE PICKING UP SCREEN OVER GEARS AND DRIVE , HE FELT A SHARP BACK PAIN.

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