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EMPLOYEE WAS SUING LEGS TO PUSH SPINNER STAR AND PULLED RIGHT THIGH MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE FROM BEHIND MINER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF HYD. OIL AND LIFTED IT ON TOP OF CUTTING MACHINE-COAL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 40 INCHES.
EMPL STATES HE WAS PULLING ROCK OFF MINER & HE STRAINED BACK. EPL WORKED ON 9/9/88 DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT CALLED MINES ON 9/12/88 & STATED HE WOULD BE OFF FROM WORKF OR WEEK OR TWO HE MADE NO MENTION OF ACCIDENT. REPORTED ACCIDENT ON 9/16/88.
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT HE WAS PUSHING ON FINAL DRIVE,PUSHING IT INTO THE HOUSING WITH HIS FFET AND STRAINED/PULLED HIS BACK.THIS WAS A CONTESTED INJURY AND OUR COMP. CARRIER DENIED THIS CLAIM ON 10/15/87 AND H9 OBTAINED AN ATTORNEY AND THE INDUSTRAIL COMMISSION RULED IN HISFAVOR ON 01/12/88.
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE PULLED HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ROCK
EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS PULLING CABLE AND HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE FIRST STATED THAT HE HURT HIS KNEE EITHER ON 8-12-86 OR 8-13-86 AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 8-14-86. HE LATER CALLED B ACK AND STATED 7HAT HE HURT HIS KNEE ON 7-24-86. HE WAS NOT INFORMED ON THIS INJURY UNTIL 9-8-86. THIS HASBEEN TURNED OVER TO OUR COMPENSATION CARRIER.. THE FIRST DAYOF WORK MISSED WAS ON .-2
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAILROAD STEEL TO TAKE INSIDE & AS HE LIFTED A PC IT ROLLED OFF & HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN IT & ANOTHER PC OF RAILROAD STEEL HIS RT MIDDLE INDEX FINGER WAS SLICED OFF BACK TO FIRST JOINT IN HIS FINGER & END OF HIS FINGER DOWIN ABOUT HALF WAY OF HIS NAIL WAS CUT OFF
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE A SPROCKET OFF A MINER HEAD & THE METAL WAS HOT & HE WAS TAPPING IT TRYING TO GET IT LOOSE & A PC OF HOT STEEL WENT INTO HIS LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON POWER CENTER AND HAD HIS FOOT ON A BOX AND TURNED AROUND AND THREW HIS LEFT KNEE OUT OF PLACE EMPLOYEE WORKED UP THRU AND INCLUDING 2/16/85 AND IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL T HE FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 2/18/85
EMPLOYEE HAD A REOCCURRANCE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS REPORTED TO YOU ON 042883 EMPLOYEE WAS OFF AT THAT TIME FROM 042883 TO 080983 HE HAS WORK UNTIL MARCH 7 1984 WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THIS REO CCURRANCE THAT STILL HAS HIM OFF FROM WORK
EE\S WIFE CALED OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON FRIDAY 4-29-83 & SAID THAT HER HUSBAND WAS INT HE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HAD HURT HIS BACK THE DAY BEFORE WHILE BENDING A ROOF BOLT. NO ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED, EE HAS HAD BACK PROBLEMS BEFORE & WE ARE HAVING OUT COMPENSATION CARRIER CHECK THIS ONE OUT FOR ACCURACY.