INJURED IS OUR SCOOP OPERATOR. HE WAS IN LOW COAL AND AS HE GOT OUT OF SCOOP HIT HIS HEAD ON COAL. A KNOT CAME UP ON HIS NECK. BUT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK. HIS NECK KEPT GETTING WORSE SO ON 5-18-93 HE WENT TO SEE A CHIRO.
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GETTING ROCK OFF BELT LINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
HELPING ELECT. WORK ON FEEDER BRUISED R HAND
SOMETIME AROUND THE END OF JUNE, 1989, I,NAME STEPPED UP INTO A STORAGE TRAILER AND FELT A STIRY IN HIS SIDE. A FEW DAYS LATER HIS HIP STARTED HURTING, THE PAIN WAS OFF AND ON. THEN AROUND THE FIRST OF AUGUST HIS RIGHT LEG STARTED GETTING NUMB HE WENT TO SEE DR PAGE 8/18/89, GAVE HIM PAIN MEDICATION & TOOK X-RAYS. PAIN CONT TO GET WORSE WENT BACK TO DR. 8/23/89 DR REFERRED HIM TO D
EMPL WAS LOADING SOLID BLOCKS INTO SCOOP & ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED BACK.