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Employee was shoveling coal off of a mining beam that was on the fork lift when the beam caught his right foot mashing his toes.
Employee was lifting a piece of metal (1/4"x30"x42") and as he lay it down it caught the side and little finger on the left hand.
EE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO RAISE A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE BACK UP ON SIDE RAIL WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE CAME BACK TO WORK ON 1/18/05 AND CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 3/8/05 WHEN HE SAW A DOCTOR BECAUSE OF HIS BACK. EE RETURNED TO WORK ON 3/14/05.
EE WAS MOVING CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY ON 5/21/04 WHEN HE NOTICED HE WAS HAVING PAIN IN HIS BACK. ON 6/3/04 EE WAS TOLD BY A DOCTOR TO TAKE TIME OFF FROM WORK BECAUSE HE HAD A BULGING DISC IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC LOAD MOTOR TO TAKE INSIDE. HE CAUGHT TIP END OF HIS RING FINGER UNDER EDGE OF MOTOR. IT MASHED END OF FINGER CAUSING NAIL TO COME OFF. HE HAD GLOVES ON.
AFTER LOADING CABLE EE STARTED TO SIT DOWN AND NOTICE LOSS OF FELLING IN RIGHT ARM. THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE HAVING HEART PROBLEM. HE TOOK NITRO-GLYCERIN PILL AND WENT TO HOSPITAL. THEY THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE A NERVE PINCHED IN HIS NECK. HE HAD BEEN LOADING 1/0 CABLE.
EE WAS PICKING UP BELT STRUCTURE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LOADING ROCKDUST ON HIS BUGGY. HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
BENDING ROOF BOLTS AND TWISTED KNEE.
EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF BELT STRUCTURE AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE QUIT & TOOK JOB WITH MASSEY ON 12/19/01.
EE WAS TAKING A PERMISSIBLE RIDE TO SECTION. WENT THROUGH AIR LOCK DOORS. HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD DOORS OPEN AND THE PERMISSIBLE RIDE CAUGHT DOOR AND BEST IT HYPERENTENTED 2 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAN D.
EE WAS CRAWLING ACROSS #6 ENTRY WHEN LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP.
EE SAID HE WAS STEPPING DOWN LADDER ON 966 CAT LOADER WHEN HE FELT SHARP PAIN & A POPPING NOISEON RIGHT KNEE.
EE WAS GETTING READY TO SERVICE EQUIPMENT HAD SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK TO FALL BETWEEN BOLTS HIT HIM ON LEFT LEG AND BRUISED IT. ROCK WAS 3'X2'X15" ROCK HIT EE AND MANTRIP AT SAME TIME.