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EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO FEEL A PROBLEM WITH HIS RIGHT EYE. AT SOME POINT IN TIME HE MUST HAVE GOTTEN AN FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS EYE. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT OCCURRED EMPLOYEE ALWAYS WARES GLASSES.

EE WAS CARRYING HIS TOOLS TO WORK ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WHEN HE CUT HIS BACK ON THE EDGE OF A METAL ROOF STRAP. COAL SEAM HEIGHT IS APPROX. 48 INCH.

EE WAS SPREADING A MORTAR MIX (B-BOND) ON A CEMENT BLOCK WALL INSIDE THE MINE AND RECEIVED A CHEMICAL BURN OF THE RIGHT WRIST WHEN HIS SKIN CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE MORTAR MIX.

EE HAD MADE AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF BELT SPLICES AND HAD DONE A LOT OF SHOVELING BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEK ENDING 1-22-94. OVER THE WEEKEND, HE NOTICE A LUMP ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO ALL THE SPLICING AND SHOVELING HE HAD DONE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE SLIDING DOOR LEADING INTO THE SHOP. BECAUSE OFHTE ICE AND SNOW BUILD-UP, THE DOOR WAS HARD TO PUSH CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT SEEK MED ICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 1-22-94 AND SUBSEQUENTLY MIISSED THE NEXT SHIFT ON 1-24-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A 4" PLASTIC PIPE ACROSS THE MINE ENTRY TO BE USED FOR VENTILATION. WHILE HE WAS LIFTING THE PIPE TO SECURE IT TO A ROOF BOLT, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WS SHOVELIGN ALONG #2 BELT ALL DAY. WHEN HE REPORTED TO WORK, HIS RIGHT ARM WAS SWOLLEN. THE DR DIAGNOSED IT AS A MUSCLE SPRAIN, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE SHOVELING HE DID THE PRECEEDING DAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LOOSE ROCK FROM THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MIENR WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK SLID OFF AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEG AGAINST THE MINER.

EE WAS REMOVING CANOPY OFF THE BOLTER AND HAD JACKED IT IN THE AIR. AS THE BOLTER TRAMMED OUT FROM UNDER NEATH IT, HE PUSHED AND PULLED ON THE CANOPY SO IT WOULD CLEAR THE CANOPY POSTS AND PUL LED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

WAS CHANGING ROLLERS ON THE 3 BELT LINE. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE LIFTED A NEW ROLLER INTO PLACE.

EMPL WAS IN PROCESS OF UNLOADING MINE PROPS FROM SUPPLY TRAILER WHEN HE STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON STEEL SIDE BOARD.

EMPL WAS SERVICING SLOPE BELT DRIVE WHEN HE STRUCK LEFT EAR ON WIRE GUARD WHICH WAS BEING USED TO PROTECT DRIVE ROLLER OF HEAD PIECE.

THE CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE INJURY ARE THE CONDITIONS BEING ENCOUNTERED AT THE WORKING FACE (HEIGHT 46" TO 52", DAMP TO WET), AND THE STRAIN ON THE EMPLOYEES BACK DURING NORMAL WORK ACT IVITY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING 50 LB. BAGS OF ROCK DUST FROM AN S 7 S 482 SCOOP FROM A KNEELING POSITION AT THE TIME OF INJURY.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF MINE BELT BY HAND TO POSITION IT FOR A SPLICE WHEN HE NOTICED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED INJURY OTHER THAN NORMAL STRAIN & PORESSURE ON EMPL'S KNEE FROM WORK CONDITIONS IN MINE. HEIGHT OF COAL SEAM AVERAGES 42" TO 48" & IS DAMP TO WET.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING OVER SIZED PIECES OF ROCK FROMTHE COAL FEEDER I.NAME WAS LIFTING A ROCK FROMA BENT OVER POSITION WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PIECES OF OVERSIZED ROCK FROM THE FEEDER GRATES IN THE 1ST RIGHT SECTION OF THE SOLAR NO. 7 MINE. HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE MOVING ONE OF THE PIEC ES OF ROCK.

I.NAME WAS WORK3NG AS A CONT MONER HELPER IN THE 001 SECTION OF THE SOLAR #7 MINE WHEN A FOREIGN PARTICLE BECAME LODGED IN HIS RT EYE UPON QUESTIONING THE EMPLOYEE HE FELT THAT THE DEBRIS MIG HT HAVE COME FR2M THE ROOF AREA OF THE MINE WHEN HE BRUSHED AGAISNT IT EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW SPECIFICALLY HOW PARTICLE ENTERED THE EYE JUST THAT IRRITATION BEGAN AT THIS POINT

EMP WAS IN PROC9SS OF LIFTING A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP, CABLE, AND CONTROL BOX ONTO A PERSONNEL CARIER IN THE SURFACE SHOP AREA WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE PUMP CAUSED SPRAIN TO LOWER BACK

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EMPLOYEE HIT ST9EL CROSSBAR WITH FOREHEAD WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF OPENING MAIN FAN DOOR IN THE #4 ENTRY OF THE SOLAR #10 MINE I.NAME HAD BENT OVER TO ENTER THE FAN DOOR WHERE THE HEIGHT OF THE AREA DROPS TO 48 IN AND UPON ENTERING THE OOR HD RAISED HIS HEAD ABRUPTLY STRIKING IT ON THE STEEL CROSS BEAM