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June 4, 1992 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WET CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING WINDSHIELD ON LOADER. WHEN GETTING BACK IN LOADER, STRUCK RIB AGAINST HAND RAIL.

February 27, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT AND SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 22, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVE RAND HURT KNEE.

February 5, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE TOOK A SHUTTLE CAR ANCHOR DOWN TO MAKE A SPLICE IN THE CABLE, AND WHILE HE WAS MAKING THE SPLICE, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 27, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING HYD. PUMP ON DRILL, PLACED PUMP IN PLACE AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK.

September 23, 1991 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURY ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED AT 3 PM, WHEN INJURED SHIFT BEGINS WORK. IN FACT AT 3 HE WAS IN THE PARKING AREA AT THE MINE SITE WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO BE SERVICED AND REFUELED. ALTHOUGH HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY INJURED AT 3 PM HE WAS STILL ABLE TO COMPLETE THE FULL SHIFT FOR THE DAY AND HE WORKED A FULL DAY ON 7-24 AS WELL. THE FIRST DAY HE MISSED DUE TO THE INJURY WAS WEDNESDAY 10-2

August 6, 1991 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PREPARING TO GET OUT OF LOADER SEAT & FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE

May 14, 1991 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING 3 SPOOLS OF SHOOTING WIRE, ONE SLIPPED OUT OF EE HAND. HE BEND TO CATCH IT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 6, 1991 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PULLING ON OIL DRUM PULLED RIGHT SHOULDER MUSCLE.

February 4, 1991 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING LOOSE COAL UP AT BELT DRIVE WITH SHOVEL. STRAINED BACK PULLED MUSCLE.

May 25, 1988 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS MOVNG ROCK BY HAND. HE FLIPPED ONE ROCK WHICH STRUCK ANOTHER ROCK. HIS THUMB ON RIGHT HAND WENT BETWEEN BOTH ROCKS

April 25, 1988 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paybra Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE VICTIM WAS LOADING TIMBERS, HE BECAME SICK AT HIS STOMACH AND COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAINS. DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSED HEART ATTACK, DAMAGE AT THIS TIME UNDETERMINED.

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