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EE SAID HE PICKED UP THE MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING THE MINER CABLE TO LOAD ON THE MINER WHEN HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE MINER CABLE UP TO HANG IT AGAINST THE TOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE STATED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK PREVIOUSLY ON 10-10-92.
EE WAS UNLOADING A 5 GALLON CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL FROM HIS UNIHAULER, HE REACHED ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE TO GET IT, AND AS HE WAS DOING THIS, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE STATED HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A WRENCH AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT. HE CEASED WORKING 4-26-93.
INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS THROWING ROCK DUST BY HAND ONTO THE ROOF AND RIBS. WHEN HE PULLED HIS ARM BACK TO THROW DUST AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A BENT ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE ROOF.
INJUREDS & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING A RIPPER HEAD MOTOR INTO THE BUCKET OF A UNISTRAC BY FLIPPING IT OVER 1 TIME. INJUIRED STATED 30 HOURS ATER WHEN HYE AWOKE WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK & RIGH T HIP THAT DOING THIS IS WHAT CAUSED HIS INJURY. HE ALSO STATED THIS GOES BACK TO ABN INJURY IN 1990.
INJURED WAS HELPING LIFT A TIMBER, WHEN HE GOT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
HELPING OTHER MEN LIFT MINER CABLE TO HANG AGAINST MINE ROOF
SHOVELING OUTSIDE BELT PAIN IN M IDDLE PART OF UPPER BACK
FOREMAN WAS TAKING CABLE DOWN WHERE IT WAS HUNG WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR TURNED THE REEL ON & PULLED THE CABLE DOWN ON VICTIMS NECK
LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOFBOLTER AND STRUCK LEFT HAND ON BOLTER.
PULLING ON A ROOF BOLT.
BENT DOWN TO PLUG UP A CHARGER CABLE IN A MANTRIP BUS AND TWISTED BACK.
HELPING ELECTRICIAN TO REINSTALL RUB RAIL ON CONTINIOUS MINER. STRAINED BACK. TAKE CARE NOT TO LIFT MORE THAN YOU SHOULD.
I.NAME PUT SEAL3INTO BEARING ON C.M.WHEN BEARING SLIPPED AND CUT 2ND FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
THE INJURED WAS3REMOVING CABLE FROM AN INSULATED HANGER WHEN THE END OF THE HANGER FLIPPED AND CUT THE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND.
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG LOAD AN H BEAM ON THE SURFACE WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER I.NAMD DID NOT START MISSING WORK UNTIL 1-12-87
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG LIFT 2FTX6FT CEMENT SLABS UPON THE TOP OF AN OVERCAST WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
I.NAME WAS HELP3NG TO UNLOAD A (INX9INX18FT HEADER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK
I.NAME WAS INST5LLING A 5INX7INX16FT HEADER THE HEADER WAS POSITIONED ON THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY WHILE ADJUSTING THE HEADER PRIOR TO INSTALLING IT AGAINST THE ROOF THE HEADER SLIPPED & PINCHED HIS RING FINGER3OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN ROOF BOLTER CANOPY & THE HEADER
I NAME WAS MOVI3G THE CONT MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN H IS BACK
LIFTING CASE OF POWDER OUT OF POWDER BOX UG BOX, POWDER WAS JAMMED IN B OX PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE STARTING PUMP MOTOR ON LN200 MINER INJURED PERSON STRUCK ELBOW ON LIGHT SWITCH.