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PULLING CABLE OUT OF ROAD PULLED LIGAMENT IN LEG
EMPL REMOVING ROOF DRILL STEEL STUCK IN MINE ROOF BY PULLING IT DOWN WITH HANDS.WHILE STRAINING TO REMOVE DRILL STEEL,EMPL PULLED GROIN MUSCLE.
THE BOLTER HELPER WAS REPAIRING THE PAN ON THE L/N CONTINUOUS MINER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A PART FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE THE MINER CABLE. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER LUMBAR MUSCLES (BAC). EMPLOYEE WAS RESTRICTED TO LIGHT DUTY FOR 3 DAYS BY HIS DOCTOR.
WHILE IN AN ATEMPT TO HAND A 4/0 POWER CABLE, THE CABLE WAS TOO TIGHT. THEREFORE I.NAME HAD TO EXERT MORE POWER TO HANG THE CABLE TO A NEARBY BOLT PLATE. THE CABLE WAS TIGHT, THEREFORE IN AN A TTEMPT TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE HE BACKED UP PUTTING HIS FEET IN A MANNER TO WHICH HE STRAINED HIS BACK.