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June 5, 1998 WV · Coal supply man, supply worker, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS PLASTERING A VENTILATION STOPPING WITH B-BOND. HE HAD REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND MATERIAL SPLASHED IN HIS EYE.

January 9, 1998 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WET MATERIAL ON TO THE CONVEYOR BELT.

October 29, 1997 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN OLD CROSS BAR OUT OF A MUDDY AREA BEING CLEANED & STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 17, 1997 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PULLED/STRAINED A CHEST MUSCLE WHILE HELPING 4 OTHER PERSONS LIFT A STEEL TRANSFORMER STAND.

July 24, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING TO REPAIR A DRIVE CHAIN ON THE SECTION BELT FEEDER.

August 27, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN ALUMINUM LD FOR AN ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURE WHEN HE APPARENTLY PULLED A BACK MUSCLE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

March 15, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURY WAS A CUT TO THE LEFT HAND (PALM). CAUSED BY NOT PROPERLY BLOCKING A GEAR BOX BEING REMOVED FROM AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT. BOLTS WERE REMOVED ON THE GEAR BOX ROTATED CUTTING THE LEFT H AND.

July 20, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A S & S TRACTOR BATTERY. DUE TO THE 36" MINE HEIGHT HE WAS IN A BAD POSITION AND PULLED A GROIN-ABDOMINAL MUSCLE.

February 1, 1993 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AND PULLING 4 INCH WATER LINE DIAGNOSIS IS NOT BEEN MADE STRAIN OR HERNIA.

September 6, 1991 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A 36" BELT ROLLER WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.

April 19, 1988 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Bone Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN WAS INJURED LIFTING 50 POUNDS OF ROCK DUST RE INJURED AND EXISTING BACK INJURY. NOW HAS RUPTURED DISC.

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