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EE AND OTHER THE REPAIRMAN ELECTRICIAN HAD JUST PUT TRAM CHAIN BACK TOGETHER ON FEEDER AND WAS TRYING TO INCH THE CHAIN AROUND TO TRY IT OUT CHAIN BROKE AND PIECE CHAIN HIT EE ON LEFT KNEE.
EE STATED TO RICHARD CARMICAL SECTION FOREMAN THAT HE HURT HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE LIFTED A BOX OF 42 INCH GLUE TO PUT IT ON THE SCOOP.
I.NAME HELPING REPAIR A BROKEN BELT,LIFTING A BELT CLAMP OVER THE TOP BELT ROLLER.I.NAME JOGGING THE BELT TO GET IT BACK TOGETHER,I.NAME GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND BELT CLAMP.
EE STATED TO OTHER MON 1-22-90 THAT HE WAS LOADING FROM A SUPPLY CAR TIMBERS INTO HIS SCOOP BUCKET. HE STATED THAT HIS BACK KEPT GETTING SORE THRU OUT THE REST OF THE SHIFT HE CAME IN AND WORK ED FOUR AND HALF HOUR 1-22-90.
EE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN OR HOW HE HURT HIS BACK, SAID HE WAS SETTING TIMBERS DURING FIRST PART OF SHIFT MONDAY 7-17-89 AND LATER IN AFTERNOON HE WAS WORKING CHAIN RACHET AND HIS BA CK STARTED TO GET SORE.
SHOVELING WET MCUK FORM UNDER BELT PICKED UP SHOVEL FULL FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
INJ EMP STATED TO CO WORKER ON TELEPHONE 11-14-88 THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIS KNEE MAYBE 6 OR 7 WEEKS AGO. INJ WAS GOING TO DR. TO HAVE IT CHECKED.
EMPLOYEE,(NAME)2ROOF BOLTER HELPER WAS PUTTING UP A 60" RESIN BOLT,TURNED HIS HEAD,HIS EAR STRUCK THE EDGE OF A ROOF MATT.
I NAME WAS CLEA3ING UP AROUND BELT HEAD WITH SHOVEL AND THROWING MUCK UP ONTO BELT LINE HE STATED TO SECTION FOREMAN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HURT HIMSELF
I.NAME STATED AT END OF WORK SHIFT THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE TO SEE A DR HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDNT KNOW HOW HE HURT HIS BACK
JERRY COTTETT WAS HELPING JOHN SMITH THE SECTION FOREMAN REMOVE PIECE ROCK OFF BELT LINE ABOUT 930 AM AND ABOUT 1000AM COLLETT ALLEGED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND THAT HE MIGHT HAVE PULLED M USCLE IN HIS BACK
KEVIN WAS HELPING TAKE TIMBERS OFF BELT LINE, AND PICKED ONE UP TO REMOVE FROM BELT AND THE OTHER MAN BUMPED HIS LITTLE FINGER WITH A TIMBER.
JERRY FARMER WAS REMOVING PIECE ROCK FROM BRIDGE BEHIND MINER, AND PULLED HIS BACK.
BLANTON OPERATES AN 844 JOHN DEERE LOADER, HE STEPPED FROM THE LOADER AND WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE BY A FOREIGN OBJECT (COAL OR ROCK).