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REMOVING BOULDER OUT OF PICKP UP CONVEYOR HOPPER BOULDER FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT RING FINGER RESULTING IN FRACTURE
UNLOADING OIL AND DIESEL. BARREL SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RT. FOOT. ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS BRUISE. RADIOLIGIST PHONED 4-26-88 AND HAD FOUND A FRACTURE ON THE X-RAYS.
UNTANGLING WINC2 LINE ON SERVICE CAR,WIRE ROPE STRAND PUNCTURED MIDDLE LEFT HAND FINGER.NOT REPORTED UNTIL FINGER BECAME INFECTED 1-12.PUT ON ANTIBIOTICS.
PICKED UP SLIP 2F PAPER OFF THE FLOOR. STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HA3D MUCKING ON MAIN LINE BELT AND STRAINED RT SHOULDER AND NECK
BOULDER HUNG UP3ON RUBBER TIRE HOPPER. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE BOULDER WITH HIS HAND AND BOULDER FELL LACERATING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. REQUIRED SUTURES.
PULLING SPRING 7ONVEYOR. STRAINED BACK.
LIFTING BAGS OF3STARCH AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN LOWER BACK. LOW BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE1LACING A BRICK THAT HE HAD CUT WITH A BRICK HAMMER. IN PLACING THE BRICK A SLIVER OF BRUICK STUCK INTO HIS HAND BETWEEN MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER OF LEFT HAND.
I NAME AND II N5ME WERE HELPING MECH REPAIR A B.O. CUTTER CHAIN AT 4 MINER WHILE HE WAS LIFTING THE CHAIN. HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER LEFT LEG. LEG STARTED SWELLING AND TURNING BLACK. HE SUSPE CTS A BROKEN VE8SEL.
EMPL CARRYING T1STULL TO PUT IT UP WHEN HE HIT BACK ON A BRATTICE MAIL IN THE ROOF.WHEN HE HIT HHE NAIL HE WENT DOWN ON HIS KNEES FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE.
WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS HANGING UP FLORESCENT BULBS THE LIGHT FIXTURE SLIPPED OF THE HANGING HOOK ANDTHE SHARP EDGE OF THE FIXTURE FELL ON HIS RIGHT ARM CUTTING IT ON THE INSIDE ELBOW.
EE ALLEDGEDLY A1GRAVATED PRE-EXISTING DEGENERATIVE VERATBAR COMPRESSION WHILE PUTTING SHUTTLE PANS TOGETHER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PO8ITIONING A SMALL CUTTING RIG TRAILER BY SWINGING THE TONGUE AROUND BY HAND NO EXCESSIVE EXERTION WAS REQUIRED SUDDENLY HE FELT PAIN IN HIS UPPER ARM.
EMPL WORKING ON3BREAKER SWITCH.LEANED BACK AGAINST GUARD RAIL THAT HAD DEVELOPED SHARP EDGE DUE TO CORROSION.HAND RAIL CUT BACK OF LEG.
BENT OVER TO PI7K UP 1/2'' STEEL CABLE FROM GROUND.AGGRAVATED PREEXISTING BACK PROBLEM.1ST SHIFT MISSED 1-23-87.
EMPL OPENING LO5DING DOOR ON TOP OF RR HOPPER CAR.HINGES FROZEN AND HE THREW DOOR BACK IT SPRUNG BACK TOWARD HIM HE PUT HAND UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND EDGE CORNER OF DOOR HIT LEFT HAND.
EMP WAS ANSWERI3G A MINE PHONE WHEN HE STEPPED ON A TROUGHING IDLER PROPPED AGAINST THE RIB. THE IDLER FELL AND STRUCK HIM ON HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL LAYED OFF TEMPORARILY D UE TO SHUTDOWN.3SURGERY NOW REQUIRED. NO LOST TIEM ANTICIPATED DUE TO SHUTDOWN
EE ORIGINALLY B6MPOED ELBOW WHILE REPAIRING A CUTTER CHAIN ON A MINING MACHINE. THE MOST RECENT INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE AGAIN BUMPED ELBOW ON THE GEAR SHIFTER LEVER ON HIS MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
DURING THE PROC9SS OF CHANGING A HOIST ROPE, THE OLD ROPE WAS BEING ROLLED ONTO A STORAGE SPOOL. THE END OF THE ROPE WAS SECURED TO THE SPOOL WITH COPPER WIRE. THE COPPER WIRE BROKE AND THE CABLE UNWOUND F9OM THE S POOL SUDDENLY STRIKING I.NAME ON THE LEFT FOREHEAD AND CHEEK
FOURTEEN-FOOT L9NGTH OF 2"X4" BOARD FELL ON THE BACK OF EMPLOYEE'S HEAD WHEN HE PULLED THE SUPPORT LEG OUT FROM UNDER IT. LUMBER WAS USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF BRATTICE WALL WHERE EXHAUST FAN CAB LE HAD BECOME E3TANGLED IN SUPPORT LEG BEFORE EMPLOYEE PULLED ON THE CABLE, DISLODGING THE LEG.
WAS ROLLING A R2OTS EXHAUSTER HE HAD REPAIRED ADMIRING HOW FREELY IT TURNED, CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN GEARS HE WAS MANUALLY TURNING TO OPERATE THE EXHAUSTER.
LIFTING A BARRE5 OF HYDRAULIC OIL WITH ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYEE TOOK AN AWKWARD POSITION AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN. HERNIA WAS DIAGNOSED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
EMPLOYEE BUMPED3HIS KNEE ON METAL CONVEYOR FRAME NO TIME MISSED UNTIL 10-04-86
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D A FUNNY FEELING IN THE GROIN AREA WHILE CLIMBING STAIRS AFTER HAVING HANDLED BOXES OF CUTTER BITS PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED A HERNIA AND SCHEDULED SURGERY FIRST DAY MISSED WAS 7-10
EMP SAID HE STR5INED HIS BACK WHILE HANDLING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT THE SHAFT SUMP. HE IGNORED IT FOR ALMOST 6 WEEKS UNTIL HE AGGRAVATED IT
I.NAME WAS PLAC3NG A STEEL SHAFT ON THE HYDRAULIC PRESS TO INSTALL A BEARING. THE SHAFT SLIPPED IN HIS HANDS & THE KEYWAY ON THE SHAFT LACERATED HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D OFF SICK FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE NITIFYING COMPANY HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK ON THE JOB
BACK STRAIN OCC6RRED WHILE SHOVELING
MINER LIFTED BU3DLE OF ROOF BOLTS AND STRAINED BACK MUSCLE
EMPLOYEE JERKED3ON STEERING BAR AT ONE END OF PORTABLE CONVEYOR AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
HANDLING 16 GUA1E STEEL MATS 9 FT LONG X 12 IN WIDE TOSSING THEM TO THE SIDE ASSISTED BY CO-WORKER ONE MAT CAUGHT PALM OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER