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INJURED PERSON HAD LEADER SOME CRIBBING AND RAILS ONTO A SUPPLY CAR AS HE WALKED AROUND THE CAR HE RAISED HIS HEAD UP INTO A RAIL JAMMING HIS NECK. HE SUSTAINED A MUSCLE STRAIN OF NECK WHICH R EQUIRES THERAPY.
INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING THE MINER TRAILING CABLE DURING A MOVE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN NIGHT SIDE OF GROIN AREA. HIS DECTOR STATED THAT HE PULLED STRAINED LEADERS IN RIGHT GROIN AREA.
INJURED PERSON WAS PULLING A SET OF BATTERY STANDS TOWARD HIM WITH HIS ARMS WHEN HE SUDDENLY FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE SUSTAINE AND BACK SPRAIN WHICH REQUIRES THERAPY.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS LIFTING A SHOVEL OF WET MUDDY MATERIAL ONTO A BELT WHEN HE SUDDENLY FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN. HE SUSTAINED A HERNIA WHICH IS BEING REPAIRED WITH SURGERY.
EE WAS HELPING SEPARATE A PILE OF RAILS WHEN ONEFELL OFF THE PILE STRIKING HIM ON LEFT FOOT. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURED FOOT.
EE WAS REACHING OVER THE BATTERIES ON A SCOOP TO PICKUP A TAIL JACK WHEN HE SUDDENLY FELT PAININ BACK. HE SUSTAINED AN ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN.
OPERATOR TWISTED BACK WHILE REFUELING DOZER.
EE WAS TEARING DOWN OVERCAST WHEN I BEAM DROPPEDCATCHING RING FINGER BETWEEN I BEAM & CONCRETE BLOCK SMASHING RING FINGER
WHILE HANDLING 6" STEEL I BEAMS THE END OF WHICH WERE SETTING ON A CRIB BLOCK, I BEAM SHIFTED AND FELL ON EMPS FOOT CAUSING BRUISING AND SPRAIN.
INJURED, A MECHANIC, WAS INSTALLING THE CAB ON THE MACHINE. IN ALIGNING THE BOLT HOLES, HE LIFTED ONE CORNER OF CAB BY HAND, RESULTING IN A MUSCLE STRAIN AT LEFT SIDE GROIN AREA.
EE WAS PULLING ON A STEEL WEDGED BETWEEN THE HEAD OF A ROOF BOLTER AND THE CANOPY BACK. DURING THIS PROCESS HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE JERKED ON THE STEEL. HE SUSTAIN ED A SPRAIN.
SLIDING RAILS OFF CAR. RAIL SLIPPED CATCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN RAILS, BRUISING RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS PULLING A SECTION OF BELT OUT OF SOME BELT STRUCTURE. AS HE PULLED VIGOROUSLY (JERKED), HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAINS IN HIS BACK. HE SUSTAINED A LUMBAR STRAIN AND IS RECEIVING PHYSICAL TH ERAPY FOR THIS CONDITION.
WHILE WORKING IN THE OPERATORS' COMPARTMENT OF A SHUTTLE CAR, MECHANIC WAS CHANGING POSITIONS AND GELT A PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. SUBSEQUENT VISIT TO A DR. INDICATED SPRAINED/STRAINED KNEE CARTILAGE .
WHILE LIFTING MINING CABLE, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN STRAIN IN UPPER BACK.
INJURED PERSON WAS PULLING ON A BELT SPLICE WHICH WAS STRUCK IN THE MUD. THE SPLICE SUDDENLY PULLED FACE FLYING UP THROWING MUD INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TREATED FOR IMBEDDED PARTICLES IN RIG HT EYE ONE SCRATCHES TO THIS EYE. THERE WAS NO PROPETY DAMAGE.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A BOTTOM ROLLER IN THE RIGHT FRAME MODULIN RFM. THE ROLLER SLIPPED OUT OF THE BRACKET PINCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND SIDE PAIL. HE SUSTAINED A CRU SHED END OF LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. THIS REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CRIB BLOCK TO POUND AND CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CRIB ADN PIPE CAUSIN GFACTURE TO FINGER.
EE WAS LIFTING STEEL ESCAPEWAY DOOR WHEN HE FELT STRAIN TO LOWER BACK HE FINISHED SHIFT AND WENT TO DR ON 4-22-96 WHEN HE LEARNED HE HAD STRAINED MUSCLES.
TWO PERSONS WERE WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER UNTANGING SOME HYDRAULIC HOSES. AS ONE PERSON WAS PULLING ON A NOSE IT. SUDDENLY CAME LOOSE WITH THE FLYING END STRIKING THE OTHER PER SON IN THE FACE THE INJURED PERSON SUSTAINED ONEBROKEN FALSE TOOTH.
ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN EE WAS LIFTING LID FROM SCOOP BATTERY COMPARTMENT. THE LID FELL BACK DOWN AND EE TRIED TO CATCH THE LID AND BENT HIS WRIST BACK.
EE WAS CLEANING THE RAW COAL BIN WHEN HE LOACERATED HIS RT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING POWER CABLE FOR A DRAGLINE,EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS ANKLE AND TWISTED ANKLE.
THE INJURED PERSON WAS REACHING ACROSS A ROOF BOLTILNG MACHINE TO PICKUP TWO TUBES OF RESIN WHENHE SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK ON LEFT SIDE. HE SUSTAINED MUSCLE SPASMS.
WHILE CHANGING OPERATING POSITIONS ON A 10SC THE OPERATOR SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIBS ON OPERATORS COMPARTMENT.
PERSON WAS PULLING BELT UP INTO BELT TAILPIECE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER. THE INJURED PERSON SUSTAINED A TORN TENDON.
INJURED WAS THROWING A PIECE OF BOTTOM-STANDING BELT STRUCTURE WHEN ONE OF THE FEET ON THE STRUCTURE CAUGHT HIS RIBS. HE SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO A LEFT SIDE RIB NEAR BASE OF RIB CAGE.
EE WAS REMOVING A MEDIUM SIZED ROCK FROM PUSH ARM OF A D-11 DOZER WHEN THE ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF LEFT FOOT, SMALL BONE.
LIFTING BAG OF ROCK DUST. EE STATED HE FELT A SPRAINED OR STRAIN IN LEFT HIP.
WHILE LIFTING A TWO CIRCUIT DFB BOX EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE WORKED UNTIL 09-01-95 WHEN HE HAD AN MRI SCHEDULED THE SUBSEQUENT MRI REVEALED A BULGED DISC
WHILE LOADING MINE POSTS ON SURFACE, EE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER PART OF STOMACH. ON 2-2495, HE WENT TO DR. WHO FOUND SMALL HERNIA. EE WORKED UNTIL 4-18-95 WHEN HE TOOK OFF TO HAVE HERNIA REPAIR ED.
INJURED PERSON WAS MOVING A PUMP. AS HE WAS PULLING UP ON A ROCK BAR WHICH WAS INSERTED THROUGH AN EYE ON PUMP HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT HIP. HE SUSTAINED A SPRAIN WHICH REQUIRED TREATMENT BY A CH IROPRACTOR.
INJURED PERSON PUSHED OPEN A BELT CHECK TO EXIT A CANOPY AT THE MINE PORTAL. AS HE WAS PUSHING THE BELT SLID BETWEEN HIS RING AND LITTLE FINGER INFLICTING A CUT ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND THIS CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
INJURED PERSON WAS HELPING REMOVE A BELT TAILROLLER. ONE SIDE OF THE ROLLER HAD BEEN LOOSENED AND THE INJURED PERSON THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SITTING ON THE FRAME OF THE BELT TAIL. WHEN HE LIFTED O N THE OPPOSITE SIDE THE SIDE WHICH HAD BEEN LOOSENED FELL PINCHING HIS FINGERS HE SUSTAINED A BROKEN BONE IN THE LITTLE FINGER AND CRACKED BONE ON RING FINGER RIGHT HAND.
INJURED PERSON THREW A LIFTING JACK ONTO A 3 WHEEL MANTRIP. AS THE JACK CAME DOWN THE HANDLE STRUCK A SPARE TIRE PINCHING HIS LEFT RING FINGER IN THE HINGE RATCHET MECHANISM OF THE JACK. HE SU STAINED A BRUISED FINGER WITH A CRACKED BONE.
WHILE DRAGGING SUBMERSIBLE PUMP AT MINE # 37 ID 3607832, EMPLOYEE FELT STRAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDERS. HE MISSED NO WORK AT THAT TIME, BUT REPORTED OFF ON 1-16-95 SAYING THIS INJURY FLARED UP CA USING HIM TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT.
WHILE LIFTING 50 LB. BAGS OF ROCK DUST EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE FINISHED SHIFTBUT HAD MUSCLE SPASMS IN THE MORNING. VISITED DOCTOR 1-11-95 & RETURNED TO WORK 1-12-95.
INJURED PERSON WAS THROWING A PIECE OF TOP BELT STRUCTURE ACROSS AN OLD BELT AS HE TOSSED THE STRUCTURE HIS GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE END OF THE STRUCTURE FORCING THE END OF THE STRUCTURE AGAINST TH E ROOF. THIS ACTION PINCHED THE MIDDLE FINGER ONHIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE ROOF AND STRUCTURE. FINGER WAS BRUISED AND CUT. IT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
INJURED PERSON WAS WALKING THRU ON EQUIPMENT DOOR WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE OVERHEAD POPTION OF THE DOOR FRAMEWORK. HE SUSTAINED AND NECK AINJURY WITH POSSIBLE DISC TROUBLE. HE IS RECEIVI NG TREATMENTS FROM A CHIROPRACTOR.
INJURED PERSON WAS TWISTING A PIECE OF STANGDED MINER CABLE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND IN PREPARATION FOR ENTERING IT INTO A NIP. AS HE TWIST3D A STAND OF THE TRAILING CABLE WIRE MADE A SMALL PUNCTUR E WOUND IN HIS RIGHT THUMB. THIS WOUND BECAME INFECTED. HE IS RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR INFECTION.
EE WAS LIFTING AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME A BOX OF WELDING RODS.
WHILE DISCOUNNECTING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON BELT STORAGE UNIT EE DID NOT RELAIZE IT WAS UNDER PRESSURE. HOSE STRIPPED LAST FEW THREADS FLEW UP STRIKING EE IN MOUTH BREAKING SEVERAL TEETH WHICH WW ERE EXTRACTED. SEVEN IN ALL AND SEVERAL STICHES.
THE INJURED PERSON BEAT OVER & PICKED UP THE CONTINUOUS MINER TRAILING CABLE AS HE WAS PULLING THE CABLE OFF THE ROADWAY HE FELT IMMEDIATE PAININ LOWER BACK HE SUSTAINED LOWER BACK STRAIN
EE WAS HELPING REPAIR A 637 PAN WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN BACKAREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING COAL SAMPLES FOR TESTING, AS HE LIFTED SAMPLE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.
WHILE REMOVING BLOCKS FROM A PALLET OF 8" HOLLOW BLOCK, TWO BLOCKS FELL OFF TOP STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF FOOT CAUSING BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS.
WHILE LIFTING A FEEDER FLIGHT TO INSTALL IN FEEDER CHAIN EMPLOYEE TWISTED AND FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.
MOVING CRIB BLOCKS TO UNLOAD DRAGLINE FROM TRAILER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISPENSING LIQUID SOAP FROM SQUIRT DISPENSER WITH A BROKEN NOZZLE WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY SQUIRTED HIMSELF IN EYES. EMPLOYEE RECIEVED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS. EMPLOYEE TOOK 2 DAYS OF F NOT RELATED TO ACCIDENT.
HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK LIFTING A PIECE OF RIB COAL ONTO THE RFM.