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EE WAS LIFTING BUCKETS OF TERGITOL & MERCURY INTO AMALGAMATION BARRELS. EACH BUCKET WEIGHED APPROX 75#. THE BUCKETS WERE BEING LIFTED FROM FLOOR LEVEL TO SHOULDER LEVEL AWAY FROM HIS BODY A S HE DID NOT WANT TO SOIL HIS SHIRT. HIS ARMS WERE EXTENDED AS HE DUMPED EACH BUCKET INTO BARREL. THIS ACTION PUT A STRAIN ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A RAIL AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
BLOCKING MACHINE UP TO TAKE TIRE OFF, WHEN A DRILL STEEL FELL OFF OF MACHINE AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT HAND
EMPLOYEE TOSSED PRIMER BOX TO SIDE OF RIB. PRIMER BOX LANDED ON J-BOLT, FLIPPING IT UP AT EMPLOYEE\S FACE, LACERATING AREA ABOVE RIGHT EYE.
EE WAS LIFTING CLIMBER RAIL OUT OF WAY OF A CAR- RECEIVED BILATERAL SEVERE GROIN PULL.
PULLING DRILL STEEL OUT OF MUCK PILE, EMPLOYEE PULLED TOO HARD AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A ROUND AND PULLED MACHINE OUT OF LIFTER. HE PULLED TOO HARD AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REAPLCING LANDING BOARDS IN TERRY SHAFT. THE LANDING ABOVE FELL DOWN AND A LADDER AND LANDING BOARDS FELL ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE\S RIGHT ARM, SHOULDER AND BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING INNER TUBE OUT OF DRILL AND HIS FINGER BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN SHEAVE AND STUFFING BOX.
EE WAS CHANGING STEEL ON DRILLING MACHINE. THE JACKLEG BENT AT THE SWIVEL & PINCHED EES FINGER BETWEEN MACHINE & LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PUT GATE BACK ON F LEVEL 1700 CHUTE. HIS LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN CHUTE GATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOPING 2/0 CABLE DOWN TO D LEVEL. HE WAS PERCHED ON LADDER, HOLDING ON WITH LEGS THROUGH RUNGS SO THAT HIS HANDS COULD BE FREE TO DOPE CABLE. WHEN HE LEANED FORWARD TO UNDO CABL E STRAP, HE FELT SEVERE STRAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA.
CLEANING TRUCK SHOP.BENT OVER AND PICKED UP 5 GAL OIL CAN TO SWEEP UNDER IT AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN MINE PORTAL OFFICE USING 2 COLEMAN LANTERNS FOR LIGHT DUE TO POWER FAILURE. SHE WAS APPARENTLY OVERCOME BY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES FROM THE LANTERNS.
EMPLOYEE JERKED ON RAIL TO LIFT CAUSING PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER
EE WAS DUMPING A 1 TON ROCKER BOTTOM MUCK CAR. THE CAR DUMPED THE WRONG WAY, KNOCKING EE INTO A 2X12 BOARD FENCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAND MUCKING. HE PICKED UP SHOVEL FULL OF MUD, TURNED TO DUMP IT, AND TWISTED BACK, CAUSING PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING MANY CONNECTED PIPES ABOUT 4\ OFF GROUND TO JOIN WITH ANOTHER PIPE. WHEN EMPLOYEE LIFTED PIPE TO ABOUT SHOULDER LEVEL, HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN BACK (UPPER HALF, ALON G LEFT SIDE OF SPINE).
EMP WAS UNLAODING 8X8 TIMBER FROM SKIP 8X8 WAS WET AND VERY HEAVY AND HAD ROUNDED CORNERS EMP LOST HIS GRIP AND HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 8X8 AND TRAILER EDGE
EMP WAS SLIDING 6" WATER PIPE INTO PIPE CUTTER LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN VISE AND PIPE
EMPLOYEE WAS OUTSIDE THE TERRY PORTAL, HELPING MINE SUPERINTENDENT LIFT H BEAMS OFF GROUND INTO LOADER BUCKET. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH AND HIS RIGHT HAND GOTSM ASHED BETWEN H BEAM AND LOADER BUCKET.
BENT DOWN TO PICK UP OBJECT FROM FLOOR AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON LOCKER DOOR WHEN HE RAISED BACK UP
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING EMPTY WATER PIPE OVERHEAD SO THAT PARTNER COULD HANG IT WITH WIRE SUDDENLY EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN BACK
TAKING BLASTING POWDER BOXES FROM F LEVEL MAGAZINE AND LOADING THEM ON FLAT CAR.STACK OF FULL POWDER BOXES FELL OVER AND LANDED ON EMPL.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED BALL RACES ON TO LOCOMOTIVE TO BE SHIPPED INTO THE MINE HE HAD TRO LIFT OBJECT FAIRLY HIGH AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK HIS BACK DID NOT START HURTING UNTIL NEXT DAY
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A RAIL WHICH SLIPPED AND DROPPED ON FINGER
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING TIMBER OFF OF SKIP AT BOTTOM OF 2300 SCRAM HE TWISTED HIS BACK