The employee was unloading a gas cylinder from the back of a truck. The employee knew that they were supposed to report an accident/injury, but failed to do so until 1/23/2020. The employee went to a Hospital in Hazard, KY complaining of back pain and was then transferred to another Hospital in Lexington, KY.
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Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Contract Highwall Mining, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Was pulling a rubber ring off of #1 horizontal auger, when lower back and hip popped.
July 28, 2008
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
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Contract Highwall Mining LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Employee bent over to pick up a crib block to move out of the way. Shortly after throwing block out of the way, the employee started complaining with neck pain.
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