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July 5, 1994 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elite Mining Services Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

November 15, 1993 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elite Mining Services Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE AND OTHER WHERE PULLING ON A 58 H.P. SUMERGIBLE PUMP HE STRAINED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

December 6, 1987 WV · Coal apprentice, trainee HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal River Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING SLACK OU7 OF CABLE REEL CHAIN I.NAME CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN CHAIN AND CABLE REEL.

March 14, 1986 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastwood Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING 4ITH A TAIL ROLLER. THE CHAIN BROKE & HIT EE ON FINGER.

February 27, 1986 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal River Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JUST MADE A BEL7 SPLIEE AND WAS REMOVING BELT CLAMPS WHEN HE TWIST HIS BACK.

July 13, 1983 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal River Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS. HE HAD TO BEND THE 10\ BOLT TO GET IT STARTED IN THE HOLE. WHEN HE TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT, HE PULLED A MUSCLE DIRECTLY BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES.

May 27, 1983 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal River Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING MINE TIMBER -FELT BURNING PAIN IN SMALL OF BACK.SUSTAINED PULLED MUSCLE AND SLIGHT DISC DISLOCATION.

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