EE WAS LIFTING AND STACKING BAGS OF ROCK DUST AND FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
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Showing 50 of 94EMLOYEE LIFTED BAG OF ROCK DUST (APPROX 50 LBS) AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING BOLT IN HOLE, STARTED TO STRAIGHTEN BOLT AND PULLED SOMETHING IN RIB CAGE ON RIGHT SIDE.
EE WAS CHECKING BATTERIES FOR WATER, LIFTING LIDS TO PUT BACK ON AND STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING A BOTTOM ROLLER IN TAILPIECE AND JUST TRIED TO MOVE THE TAILPIECE OVER INTO PLACE WHEN HE FELT A REAL SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK CAUSING HIM TO GO TO HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING CRIB BLOCK UP BESIDE BELT LINE TO BUILD CRIBS IN BAD TOP AREA AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK. *REPORTABLE BECAUSE IS LOST TIME ACCIDENT*
EE PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCKDUST TO LAY ON TOP OF TRINKLE DUSTER & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER PART OF BACK WHEN EXTENDING ARMS TO LAY DUST ON TOP OF DUSTER.
EE WAS HANGING MINER CABLE. CABLE WAS TIED TO A ROOFBOLT PLATE WITH METAL WIRE ON ONE END AND IT GABBED INTO THE EE S RIGHT EYE.
EMP WAS THROWING TIMBERS DOWN TOWARD FACE (YO YOING). WHEN HE REACHED TO GET NEXT TIMBER, A TIMBER WAS ALREADY IN ROUTE AND HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE TWO TIMBERS.
EMP WAS WORKING ON SHUTTLE CAR AND THE REEL GEARCOVER FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE SHUTTLE CAR AND LANDED ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING COVER OVER SCRUBBER AND MASHED RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EE WAS LIFTING WATER LINE TO MOVE A 30 HP PUMP OUT INTO THE WATER AND STRAINED GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS THROWIGN ROCK DUST THROUGH DOOR AND TWISTED OR PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMP WAS SHOVELING BELT AND FOUND A LARGE ROCK LAYING ACROSS BEL BETWEEN CHAINS. TRIED TO PRY ROCK OFF OF BELT WITH SHOVEL, SHOVEL BROKE, SO HE TRIED TO PULL, TUG AND LIFT ROCK AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EMP DID NOT SEE DR UNTIL 1-9-97 ANDWAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY AT THIS TIME.
EE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER OUT OF THE MANTRIP AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PALLETS INTO THE LOADER BUCKET AND USED HIS BACK IN A TWISTING MOTION AND CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
EE WAS TAKING A REAR END OUT OF A BIG GATOR UTILITY VEHICLE AND AMSLL PIECE OF WELD WAS HOLDING REAR END IN GATOR. THE WELD BROKE AND THE REAR END FELL HITTING EE S RIGHT LEG. ONE POINTED AREA OF THE REAR END CAUSED A PUNCTURE WOUND APPROX. 1"X1"X1" DEEP.
EMP WAS APPLYING PYRO CHEM MINE SEALENT TO BRATTICE MATERIAL AND THE SEALANT SPLASHED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON BELT WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER PULL
EE WAS STANDING UP SHOVELING GOB INTO SCOOP BUCKET AT FACE TAILPIECE. WHILE SHOVELING HE INJURED HIS BACK. HE THOUGHT HE TWISTED OR PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING AND THE PAIN IN HIS BACK BECAME WORSE.
EMP LIFTED A BUCKET OF BITS OFF MINER WITH LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLE AND FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW. (EMP TOLD AT A LATER DATE THAT HE HAD FALLEN ON THE PREVIOUS DAY AT WORK AND LANDED ON THAT ARM - DID NOT REPORT FALL BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURY AT THE TIME. PAIN ONLY OCCURRED AFTER PICKING UP THE BUCKET OF BITS.)
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANCHOR TAILPIECE WITH ANCHOR PINS AND TURNBUCKLE. THE EYE OF THE TURNBUCKLE BROKE, ALLOWING THE TAILIECE TO SLING AROUND EMPLOYEE DOWN.
PULLING A PIECE OF PINNER STEEL OUT OF TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS TAKING CABLE DOWN AND THE CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE CABLE HANGER TO HOOK HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN ABSENT FROM WORK ON 07-26-95 WITH AN INFECTION IN HIS GROIN AREA HE WAS ROOFBOLTING BENT A BOLT & HE FELT A TINGE OF PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA EMPLOYEE GOT VERY SICK & FAINT FEE LING ALONG WITH THE PAIN NO RULES BROKEN NO EQUPMENT INVOLVED JOB SKILLS MINER PROFICIENCY TRAINIG ATTITUDE OR CLOTHING WAS NOT AN ISSUE HERE
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLIGN MINER CABLE OVER AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A ROOFBOLTER IN #1 SECTION, MOVING A SMALL PIECE OF DRAW ROCK BY HAND, THOUGHT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER ADOMINAL AREA.
LIFTING HUB ON SCOOP AND HEARD FELT BACK POP.
MINER WAS LIFTING CABLE OFF CUTTER HEADS TO CLEAN CABLE & STRAINED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL & STRAINED LOWER BACK
EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE WORKING ON A DRAINAGE DITCH HE PICKED UP A ROCK WHILE ON HIS KNEES, AND THIS CAUSED A TINGLING SENSATION AND ACHE IN HIS ABDOMINAL AREA. EE STATED THAT HE AWOKE THAT MORN ING FEELING BAD.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE SPREADING ROCK DUST HIS BACK STRARTED HURTING
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PULLING THE MINER CABLE & WHILE PULLING HE PULLED A MUSCLE I THE UPPER LEFT LEG NEAR THE GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT THE DRYER BASKET AND HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WAS CUT BY THE BASKET.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY WAS CHANGING OUT A SCREEN BYHIMSELF & WHILE LIFTING THE SCREEN HE HURT HIS BACK (EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT & WORKED HIS SHIFT THE NEXT DAY HIS FIRST DAY OF INCAPACITY WAS 08-31-93)
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A FEDERAL MINE INSPECTOR THROUGH THE MINES WHEN HE CAME UPON A LARGE ROCK THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE TRAVEL-WAY, AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY HE STRAIN ED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING BELTLINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SPEED REDUCER ON THE FEEDRE ON HIS KNEES & HE PUSHED THE REDUCER INTO PLACE & HIS RT KNEE POPPED HE WAS UNABLE TO FINISH THE SHIFT
EE WAS INSTALLING A PIECE OF METAL OVERCAST AND IT SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS PUTTING UP A ROOFBOLT AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING MINER CABLE OUT OF THE HAULWAY ONTO THE RIB AND HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING PEDESTAL PIN IN JACK & TRYING TO ALIGN HOLE WITH HIS FINGER THE JACK SLIPPED & HIT INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND
DISCONNECTING WATERLINE PRESSURE CAUSED HIM TO JUMP HIT R EAR ON ROOFBOLT
PUTTING IN BELT STRUCTURE AND THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP MINER CABLE AND PAIN HIT HIM THE LOWER BACK.
GETTING TIMBERS OFF SCOOP AND ONE DROPPED OFF AND HIT RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK FROM THE HAULWAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HIS BACK HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIKM THE PRIOR WEEK.
EMPL GETTING ROCK OFF TAILPIECE WHEN ANOTHER ROCK FLIPPED UP AND HIT RIGHT HAND CUTTING FOREFINGER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING UP A SET OF CURTAINS AND HE FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AND MOVE UP THE CURTAINS AND THE PAIN BECAME WORSE AND HE HAD TO LEAVE WORK.