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INJURED WAS LOADING EMPTY PALLETS ON A TRAILER AND A JOINT OF PIPE WAS IN THE WAY.HE LIFTED PIPE TWISTED AND INJURED HIS BACK.
EE WAS MOVING A PUMP IN #4 ENTR. ABANDONED FACES OF NORTH PANEL, WHEN STAINED HIS BACK. HE WORKED UNTIL 7-16-96, BY THE END OF THIS SHIFT. HIS BACK HAD BECAME TO PAINFUL TO WORK.
WHILE WORKING ON AN OUTSIDE FAN FOR AN ESCAPEWAY, A 3 FT. SQUARE PIECE OF STEEL SLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ACROSS EMPLOYEE'S THIGH REQUIRING STITCHES AFTER WHICH HE RETURNED TO WORK. EMPLOYEE WAS W ORKING OFFSITE.
TEE IS NOT SURE BUT THINKS HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN MAKING A BELT MOVE HE DID NOT NOTICE THE HERNIA UNTIL SATURDAY OCT 14. HE DID NOT MENTION BEING HURT NOR NOTIFY MANAGEMENT UNTIL OCT 16 WHEN HE CALLED THE OFFICE THAT MORNING TO SAY WHY HE GRAVEYARD SHIFT FOR OCT 15. HE WENT TO THE DR ON OCT 16 DID NOT GET THE DETAILS SHIFT FOR OCT 15. HE WENT TO THE DR ON OCT 16 DID NOT GET THE
WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG THE STACKING TUBE, A PIECE OF COAL FELL FROM ABOVE, HITTING HIM ON THE HEAD AND LEFT SHOULDER. AT THAT TIME, EMP THOUGHT HE WAS FINE & DID NOT NEED ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT WENT TO DR. 7-27 AFTER SHOULDER KEPT BOTHERING.
WHILE STACKING CINDER BLOCKS TO BUILD STOPPING, EE SAID HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EE WAS HAND LOADING BLOCKS AND ONE FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET OF THE WAGNER ONTO HIS FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE HOOKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELTLINE SUPPORT CABLE. IN DOING SO, DISLODGED TIMBER THAT CABLE WAS HOOKED TO. THE TIMBER, UNDER PRESSURE, FELL BACK AND HIT HIM ONT HE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
WHEL STACKING BLOCK, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE INJURED WAS PULLING WATER HOSE FOR CONTIN UOUS MINER HE STEPPED WRONG, TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING STEEL TO MAKE FEEDER BREAKER FLYGHTS. HE HAD FINISHED THE LAST CUT AND BEATOVER TO MOVE REMAINING SHORT PIECE OF STEL OUT OF THE WAY, THE PIECE OF STEEL WAS ON THE BAND SAW, ABOUT KNEE HIGH. IN BENDING OVER KERMIT STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS MOVING A ROCK OUT OF ROADWAY & SMASHED HIS FINGER IN PROCESS REQUIRING STITCHES
EMPLOYEE HAD A PIECE OF DUST IN EYE.HE RUBBED HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED THE EYE.
EE WAS LIFTING A TIMBER AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
TRYING TO LIFT SMALL OIL TANKER ONTO FORD TRACTOR. TRIED TO LIFT TOO MUCH WEIGHT.
HE WAS THROWING THE CABLE ONTO THE RIB, IN DOING THIS HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
I NAME ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL A BOTTOM BELT ROLLER WHILE LIFTING THE BELT UP HE STRAINED HIS MIDDLE BACK THE PAIN AT THE TIME WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT BUT HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN UNTIL HE WAS FORCED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 8/7/89
INJURED WAS GOING OUT THE BELT ENTRY WATCHING TEMPORARY SPLICE WHEN HE WENT THRU OVERCAST DOOR HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON DOOR LATCH
EMPL HAD DROPPED BAD IDLER OUT OF #3 BELT HAD HOOKED ONE SIDE OF NEW IDLER TO CABLE & THEN STRAINED LOWER BACK HOOKING OTHER SIDE OF IDLER TO CABLE. BELT HAD BEEN SHUT OFF.
THE INJURED WAS LOADING A BOX OF 5 SELF-CONTAINED-SELF-RESCUERS FROM THE MINE FLOOR ONTO THE MANTRIP HE BENT OVER AND PULLED THE BOX TOWARD HIMSLF SLIDING THE BOX ACROOS THE MINE FLOOR STRAINI NG HIS BACK.
CLAIMS TO HAVE TWISTED STRAINED HIS BACK IN THE MINES HOWEVER HE CAN NOT IDENTIFY ANY SPECIFIC TIME OR ACTION
I NAME WAS SHOV9LING COAL ALONG BELTLINE WHILE SHOVELING HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER MIDDLE PART OF ABDOMEN. HE CONTINUED WORKING THE REST OF THE NECK. THE PAIN BECAME BAD ENOUGH ON MONDAY 8-17-87 FOR I NAME TO 5EAVE THE MINE AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
I NAME WAS OPER5TING A SHUTTLE CAR,HE STEPPED,JUMPED OUT AND PICKED UP A MINE TIMBER AND THREW OUT OF HIS WAY-INDOING THIS HE GAVE HIMSELF A HERNIA.
I.NAME STRAINED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS LOWER BACK AS A RESULT OF HELPING TO LIFT A TRAM MOTOR FROM THE FLOOR ONTO A MANTRIP
I NAME WAS CARRYING SOLID CINDER BLOCKS 63 POUNDS EACH ABOUT HALF CROSSCUT WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER RT SIDE OF GROIN DIAGNOSED ON 7 3 85 AS HERNIA
I,NAME WAS SHOVELING WET COAL FINES ONTO BELTING WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN-ATHOUGH HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE PAIN KEPT GETTING WORSE. FINALLY CONSULTED PHYISCIAN ON L- 6-14-85-LOCATED DEFINITE HERNIA, SURGERY SET UP FOR 6-19-85.
I,NAME STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING A 100 LB BAG OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM A FLAT BED TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT
I,NAME AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING EIGHT FOOT TIMBERS AND TWENTY FOOT CROSSBARS IN THE MINE WHEN A TIMBER SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT HAND. I,NAME HAND WAS RESTING ON THE TOP OF THE WAGNER LST-55 SCOOPTRAM.
MR. LONG WAS CARRYING CINDER BLOCKS TO A STOPPING SO THAT HE COULD BUILD THE STOPPING WHEN HE DROPPED A 8X8X16 SOLID CINDER BLOCK ON HIS LEFT HAND & BROKE HIS LEFT RING FINGER ABOVE THE 3RD JO INT.
MR WILMONT WAS DRAGGING CONT MINER CABLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK
MR. CHAPDELAINE AND AN OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE HOISTING A STORAGE BIN ONTO A SHELF N THE WAREHOUSE, BUT COULDNT BECAUSE THE BIN WAS TOO HEAVY. THEY THEN BEGAN TO SET THE BIN DOWN WHEN THE BIN BRUS ED AGAINST MR. CHAPDELAINES RIGHT THIGH.
BOB REED STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES WHILE DRAGGING CM CABLE.