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MASHED MIDDLE RIGHT FINGER ON HAND BY MOVING 60 LB RAIL.
LIFTING LARGE SHOVEL FO MORTAR MIX, CAUSING SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WORKED 4-12-91. WENT TO DOCTOR 4-13-91.
BUGGY OPERATOR GOT OFF HIS BUGGY TO TURN AROUND TO CHANGE DIRECTION AND THERE WAS A ROOF BOLT HANGING DOWN FROM THE MINE ROOF ABOUT 6" WHERE SOME DRAW ROCK HAD FALLEN AWAY FROM BOLT. OPERATOR HIT HIS RIGHT EAR ON BOLT CUTTING IT.
WHILE HELPING MOVE MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY,INJURED HIS BACK PULLING & LIFTING CABLE.
PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER WHILE INSTALLING PUMP MOTOR.
WHILE WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER(TAKING OUT TRAM MOTORS)INJURED PERSON SAID HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT FOR NO APPARENT REASON,HE MADE NO SUDDEN MOVES OR LIFTED ON ANY THING HEAVY.
INJURED BACK WHILE WORKING ON POTS FOR MINER IMPROPER LIFTING STRAINED LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO HAND LOAD PART OF A CONTINUOUS MINER CONVEYOR CHAIN ONTO A WOODEN PALLET WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE INJURE8 HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING CINDERBLOCK ONTO TOP ROW IN STOPPING.APPROXIMATELY 6 1/2' FROM FLOOR OF MINE.APPARENTLY AS HE WAS LIFTING AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME A NERVE WAS PINCH ED IN THE BACK 7AUSING SAID INJURY.
WHILE UNROLLING3PHONE WIRE, A COIL OF WIRE SPRUNG UPWARD AND HIT THE EYE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
WHILE HELPING O3E OTHE MAN LOAD A DRUM OF OIL INTO BACK OF PERSONEL CARRIER THE INJURED EE BEING COMPLAINING OF LOWER BACK PAIN.
LIFTING TRAM CHAIN OF 11 CM AND DEVELOPED A HERNIA
I NAME WAS HOLDING RUBBER 1" HOSE TO FEEL SAME 20% CAUSTIC SODA INTO A TREATMENT FEED PIPE FORTREATING ACID MINE WATER. THE SOLUTION SPLAHED INTO PIPE THEN INTO HIS FACE. INJURY WAS POSSIBLE S EVERE DAMAGE TO FACE AND EYES. FIRST ADJU CLINCAL AND DR TREATMENT APPARENTLY PREVENTED SERIOUS INJURY.
PULLING CORD TO START HOMELITE PUMP.