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EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS MOVING HYD. PUMP TO PUT OIL IN SHUTTLE CAR, HURT LOWER BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD 2 FEEDER SPEED REDUCER AND FELT BURNING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM AROUND #4 BELTHEAD WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK BETWEEN SHOULDERS. HE ALSO HYPEREXTENDED RING FINGER LEFT HAND. (THE BACK INJURY IS A RECURRING INJURY)
EMPLOYEE WAS REBUILDING A MINER HEAD, OUTSIDE, STARTED TO FEEL CATCH IN LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FILL OUT ACCIDENT REPORT AT TIME OF INJURY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 09/17/92. RECURRING INJURY FROM 1974.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING TRAILING CABLES TO THE CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE & TWISTED HIS LEG
LOADING TIMBERS TWISTED L KNEE
EMPL WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY STRAINING LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS WATERING BATTERIES LID.ON BATTERY BOX FELL STRIKING INJURED ON RIGHT AHND HITTING THIRS AND FOURTH FINGERS.
REMOVING PC OF DRAW ROCK FROM WATER LINE IT BROKE HEAD STRUCK ROOF
THE INJURED CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE BENDING A ROOF BOLT.DIAGNOSED AS ARTHRITIS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSIS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL 12-30-90 ACCIDENT WAS THEN REPORTED.
THE INJURED FIRST CLAIMED TO HAVE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE GOT OUT OF MAN TRIP. HE DID NOT CEASE WORK UNTIL 6-28-90. INJURED TOLD DOCTOR HE WAS PULLING CABLE AND HURT BACK. THIS IS T HE THIRD REOCURRENCE OF THE SAME INJURY.
THE INJURED STRUCK HIS LEFT WRIST ON THE MINER CABLE STAND OFF ARM WHILE REMOVING CABLE FROM THE BACK OF THE MINER.
EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING AN 8IN SOLID CINDER BLOCK HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A STOPPING