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54736YEE AND CO-WORKER WERE MOVING A STEEL PLATE WEIGHING OVER 200#. AS HE LIFTED HIS SIDE, HE STATES HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A ROCK FROM THE ROCK FEEDER WHEN ANOTHER PEICE OF ROCK CAME OUT AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING TEN STITUCHES.
EE WAS DRAGGING3A ROCK DUST HOSE FROM THE ROCK DUSTER & IN DOING SO CAUSED A SPRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GE7TING OFF OF THE TOP OF A KERSEY SCOOP TRACTOR WHEN HE PLACED HIS RT FOOT ON THE MINE FLOOR HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RT LEG
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING CABLE CHARGER CABLE A TENDON LOCKED UP IN HIS RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A 5 GAL CONTRAINER OF WATER THRU A DOORWAY WHILE GOING THRU DOORWAY EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS BODY TO HOLD DOOR OPEN & HE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING DOWN EXTENDABLE CANVAS HE PLACED HIS HAND IN BETWEEN SISSORS WHEN A ROCK FELL COLLAPSING THE SISSORS OF THE EXTENDABLE CANVAS CAUSING AMPUTATION TO RT INDEX FINGER
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE AT BELT DRIVE. THE AREA WAS TOO LOW TO STAND BUT TOO HIGH TO KNEEL SO EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A HUNCHED OVER POOSITION. WHILE SHOVELING, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN B ACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE WHEN IT FELL INTO THE MUD AS EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING IT OUT OF THE MUD HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK (LOWER BACK)
EMPL LIFTING MINER CABLE UP TO HANG OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MEDDLE OF BACK.EMPL DIDNT MISS WORK UNTIL 10-22 AND RETURNED 10-28-85.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCREW JACKS OUT OF THE WALKWAY AND IN DOING THIS THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS RT. LITTLE FINGER CUT BETWEEN THE SCREW JACKS.
EMPL PULLING CHANNELS OFF FLATCAR ONTO SC THEY GOT CAUGHT SUDDENLY CAUSING HIM TO CUT INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.LACERATION REQ 6 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN AREA FEMERAL HERNIA
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM SHIELD WHEN HE MADE A SUDDEN MOVE RO AVOID FALLING DEBRIS AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR5GGING BLASTING CURTAINS TO SHOOT ROLLS FROM THE FACE. WHILE DRAGGING BELTING WHICH CURTAINS ARE MADE OF EMPLOYEE SPRAINED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE PICKED3UP A METAL PLATE (APPROX. 60 LBS.) AND THREW IT OUT OF HIS WAY AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A 40LB TRACK RAIL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD BELT STRUCTURE ONTO A FLAT CAR HE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CANOPY FROM IDLE SECTION OFF O F SCOOP TRACTOR THE CANOPY DROPPED OVER AND PINNED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE RIB WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CANOPY AWAY FR IB BE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE CANOPY FULL BACK ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING A BRUISE OF HIS KNUCKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD SOLID BLOCKS FROM SCOOP TRACTOR BUCKET WHEN A SECOND EMPLOYEE HIT HIM ON THE HAND WITH ONE OF THE BLOCKS. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CRUSHED BONE TO HIS LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A JOINT OF 3/4 INCH PIPE 3/4 X 20 FT LONG OF IN AIR SO OTHER EMPLOYEE HOOK CHAIN AROUND PIPE AND ONTO JEEP. WHILE LIFTING PIPE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN ON THE R IGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON LOCKER DOOR WHEN BENDING DOWN HIS RIGHT HAND SLID DOWN DOOR AND A SHARP EDGE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 6 STITCHES
EMPLOYEE DROPPED TELEPHONE RECEIVER ONTO FLOOR & WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP RECEIVER HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK EMPLOYEE SAID PAIN WAS IN CENTER OF LOWER BACK
PAN LINE WAS BEING PUSHED INTO PLACE-BACK OF CHOCK BEING PULLED CAUGHT CRIBBING AND IT CAME ACROSS ON AN ANGLE PINNING EMPL RIGHT FOOT.
EMPL PULLING MINER CABLE BY HAND AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BAGS OF ROCK DUST WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR5GGING A PLANK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK. THIS BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT AS OF 3-20-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE OFF THE ROADWAY WITH HIS FOOT WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING IN SEAT OF SHUTTLE CAR THE EMPLOYEE GOT HIS LEFT FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD AND IN THE PROCESS OF FREEING HIS LEFT FOOT HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A MINER CABLE BY HAND WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPL GETTING OUT FROM UNDER ROOF BOLTER CANOPY WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHANG IN THE ROOF.ACCIDENT UNDER INVEST UNTIL 10-23-85.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF OPERATORS COMPARTMENT OF P-242 KERSEY WHEN HE BUMPED HIS RT KNEE ON A POST STICKING UP AT CORNER OF COMPARTMENT
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING AN B\ POST WHILE STANDING EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF PLANK OUT OF HIS WAY AND WHEN HE PICKED ONE END OF PLANK UP TO SHIFT IT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF SCOOP TRACTOR, WHICH HAD A CANOPY, AND WHILE GETTING OUT HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RIGHT SIDE RUB RAIL ON MINER TO PUT BACK IN PLACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LEFG
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES AND WHILE CRAWLING, HIS RIGHT KNEE SWELLED UP.
EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RT KNEE WHILE UNLOADING A CAR OF CEMENT BLOCKS FROM A ROCK CAR TO A SCOOP TRACTOR BECAME A LOST TIME ACCIDENT AS OF 062085
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING EQUIPMENT OUT OF AN ENTRY WHEN HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER THE STRAIN WAS LATER FOUND TO BE CALCIUYM DEPOSITS.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF ROCK FROM BESIDE BELT WHEN THE RIGHT THUMB RUBBED ACROSS AN EDGE OF THE ROCK CAUSING A LACERATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A ELBOW ON AN AIRCOMPRESSOR WHEN THE ELBOW TWISTED AROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER LIP, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF UPPER JAW.
EMPL HAD JUST OPENED RIGHT HAND AIRLOCK DOOR.ABOUT TO OPEN LEFT SIDE DOOR WHEN HE LOOKED TO SEE IF RT DOOR WAS COMING SHUT.EMPL FLUNG OPEN LEFT DOOR ,LEFT MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN HANDLE DO OR SEVERING LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ABOVE 1ST JOINT.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING LINE TIMBER IN A BELT ENTRY AND WHILE LIFTING A PROP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING PLANK TO BE USED AS ROOF SUPPORT, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK- EMPLOYEE DID NOT LOOSE ANY WORK UNTIL FIRST DAY OFF 2-17-86.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING LINE TIMBER AFTER BOLT INSTALLATION ADDITIONAL POSTS WERE NEEDED THE EMPLOYEE GRABBED POST FROM BEHIND LINE TIMBER WHILE IN A KNEELING POSITION AND WENT TO THROW THE POST EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BOTTOM 42" ROLLER OFF OF BOLT. WHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED UP ROLLER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING TIMBER HE STOOD A 6 FT POST UP AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION THE POST EXPERIENCED PAIN INLOWER BACK THSI ACCIDENT HADBEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION UNTIL 4-26-85
THIS REPORT IS 6EING SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF A AUDIT EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING ROCKDUST BAGS & FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPL PULLING CABLE .BACKED INTO ROOFMAT HANGING DOWN AND STRUCK LEFT EAR.LACERATION OF LEFT EAR-12 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AROUND CHANNEL TO GET ANOTHER ROOFBOLT WHEN THE BOTLER TIGHTENED UP THE 3RD BOLT IN THE CHANNEL AND THE END OF THE CHANNEL TILTED DOWN.THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS EAR ON EDGE O OF CHANNEL AND CUT IT REQUIRING 7 STITCHES.