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EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TIMBERS & MADE HIS BACK SORE BY STRAINING MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE HANGING MINER CABLES ACROSS INTERSECTION FOR SCOOP TO TRAVEL.
EE CHANGING BELT STRUCTURE ALONG BELT TURN HEAD AND HIT HIS HEAD ON BELT HANGER IN LOW COAL.
MEN WAS SETTING TIMBERS OUT OF SCOOP, MAN WAS HOLDING TIMBER FOR OTHER MAN TO WEDGE DOWN, LET GO OF TIMBER FELL ON RIGHT ANKLE AREA.
WHILE REACHING DOWN TO MOVE PUMP HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK PULL, HE STATES THAT HE FLUNG HIMSELF UPRIGHT IN REACTION AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE MINE ROOF.
A PIECE OF DUST IN RT. EYE, EE RUBBED EYE AND SCRATCHED IT. EE DID NOT REPORT INJURY. EMPLOYER RECEIVED WORKERS COMP FORM AND CALLED EE TO GET ACCIDENT REPORT 4-11-02.