EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBERS. PICKED UP A TIMBER TO SET IT AND HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
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Mack Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
September 1, 1983
WV · Coal
roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs)
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mackline Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EMP WAS LIFTING PIECE OF BVELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED HIS BACK
Mack Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING ROCK DUST, AND AS HE WAS CARRYING A BAG OF ROCK DUST HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
June 9, 1983
WV · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mack Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE #1 TAILPIECE, AND HE STRUCK HIS ELBOW AGAINST IT.
March 14, 1983
WV · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mack Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SET A TAILPIECE AND THE CHAIN ON IT BROKE AND HIT HIM ON HIS KNEE
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