HE WAS ROCK DUS7ING BELT DRIVE. HE REACHED TOHIS RIGHT AND PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST TO THROW TO HIS LEFT SIDE. WHEN HE PUT THE FORCE BEHIND THE THROW, THE BAG BROKE AND THE FORCE FROM THE FORCE FROM THE3THROW THREW HIM AND CAUSED HIS KNEE TO POP AND LOCK UP.
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December 12, 1986
VA · Coal
beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
May 14, 1986
VA · Coal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Renee Coal Company Of Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED PICKED 6P TIMBER, STARTED TO TURN IT AROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.
March 15, 1985
VA · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lynn Coal Company Of Va Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
INJURED WAS HEL1ING LIFT A WHEEL UNIT AND HOLDING IT IN PLACE WHILE THE BOLTS WERE STARTED. AS HE WAS DOING THIS, HE COMPLAINED IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.
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