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EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING AN ELECTRICAL CAPOSITOR AND PINCHED RIGHT HAND BETWEEN POST AND CAPOSITOR.
WIRE USED TO LO4ER BEET PRESS ALIGNING ROLLER BROKE & PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN ROLLER & SUPPORT STRUCTURE
INJURED WAS ATT9MPTING TO CLIMB INTO CAB OF REUSE TRUCK WHILE PULLING HI,SELF INTO CAB HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
IN THE PROCESS 2F MOVING A MINER HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT MINER CABLE OFF OF THE HEADS AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN
INJ WAS LOOSENI3G TIE WIRE THAT WAS SUPPORTING STRETCHED WATER LINE, WATER LINE COUPLER STRUCK HIM IN THE UPPER LIP
ANOTHER EMPLOYE9 WAS SCOOPING LOOSE COAL. THE INJURED WAS ASKED TO REMOVE A WOODEN POST WHICH WAS INBEDDED IN THE COAL PILE. HE PICKED UP THE POST AND AS HE TURNED TO THROW IT OUT OF THE WAY H E EXPERIENCED L2W BACK PAIN.
HE WAS RAISING 5IDS ON RAM CAR BATTERY ONE LIDS SLIPPED AND FELL ON LITTLE FINGER
HE WAS CLEANING3UP LOOSE COAL AROUND A BELT DRIVE.AS HE TURNED TO PUT MATERIAL ON BELT HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
HE WAS UNLOADIN1 A BELT SPLICER FROM A SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN
HE BENT OVER TO3PICK UP A POST AND EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN
HE WAS LOADING 6' POST ONTO A SCOOP. AS HE TURNED HE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN.
PERSON WAS PUT7ING A SELFPROPELLED PERSONNEL CARRIER ON TRACK IN THE PROCESS HE STRAINED HIMSELF CAUSING A RT SIDED HERNIA
A PIECE OF STON9 HAD FALLEN ON ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INJURING HIM. THIS PERSON STATED THAT WHILE HELPPING CARRY THE INJURED PERSON TO THE MANTRIP HE TWISTED HIS BACK. THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE INJUR Y AS OF 7-2-86 8UE TO LOST WORK DAYS.
THE PERSON STAT9D THAT HE WAS THROWING CABLE & WATER HOSE ONTO THE HEADS OF A JOY 12-CM MINER AS IT BACKED OUT OF THE WORKING PLACE AS HE THREW THE CABLE & HOSE ON THE MINER HE EXPERIENCED A B URNING SENSATIO3 IN HIS NECK & RIGHT SHOULDER CABLE SIZE 40
LOADING 6'' X 16'' CEMENT BLOCKS SUDDENLY BACK BEGAN TO HURT HIM.HE WAS IN BENT OVER POSITION.THIS BECAME REPORTABLE ON 6-7-86 DUE TO LOST WORK DAY.
THE PERSON STAT9D THAT HE & ANOTHER EE WERE UNLOADING POSTS FROM A CAR & HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN 2 POSTS & FRACTURED IT. THE INJURY ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED ON 4-23-86. AN INJURY REPORT WAS FIL ED ON 5-1-86. I7 WAS CONTESTED & A HEARING WAS HELD WITH THE STATE WORKMANS COMP BOARD ON 7-17-,86 AT THAT TIME WE WEREE OF THE OPION THAT IT WAS NOT WORK RELATED NO LOST DAYS WERE INVOLVED.
THE PERSON STAT9D THAT HE WAS SETTING ROOF JACKS AS HE TURNED TO PICK UP A JACK HIS LEFT FOOT DID NOT PIVOT AS HE TURNED CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE
THE PERSON STAT9D THAT HE WAS INSTALLING SIDES ON THE SLOPE BELT AND TWISTED HIS BACK THIS BECAME A R EPORTABLE INJURY ON 5-12-86 DUE TO LOST WORK DAYS
THE PERSON STAT9D THAT HE BENT A 54 IN TENSION REBAR BOLT AND INSERTED IT INTO THE BOLT HOLE IN THE ROOF AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE BOLT BY HAND IT SUDDENLY SPUN AROUND CAUSING HIM TO T WIST HIS BACK T2E PERSON HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS
HELPING INSTALL3COVER ON SCOOP CAR. AS THE COVER WAS SLID INTO PLACE HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL COVER & T HE SCOOP FRAME.
I WAS HOOKING T2E TIE WIRE THAT WAS HOLDING THE ROD. I KNEW THE ROD WAS BENT AND HAD PRESSURE ON IT. WHEN I WENT TO REMOVE THE TIE WIRE AT THE SAME TIME WITH MY OTHER HAND I WAS REACHING FOR THE ROD. THE 7IE WIRE BROKE INSTEAD OF TWISTING AND THE ROD HIT MY HAND AND FACE.
PERSON WAS THRO4ING THE CABLE OF A CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE ONTO THE HEADS AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
PERSON WAS REMO5ING A WEDGE CAP WHICH WAS HOLDING THE LIDS UP ON A RAMCAR BATTERY. THE BATTERY LID FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND- 6 STITCHES
THE PERSON WAS 1ERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A RAM CAR BATTERY THE PROP WAS ACCIDENTLY KNOCKED OUT FROM UNDER THE LID AND THE LID FELL ONTO HIS RT WRIST
PUSHING A 5 X 7 BLOCK UNDER THE FEEDER AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK
THE MANTRIP WAS ON THE WAY IN AT STARTING TIME THE PERSON GOT OUT TO THROW A TRACK SWITCH WHILE GETTING BACK INTO THE MANTRIP HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK NO SLIP TRIP OR FALL
PERSON STATED HE WAS CARRYING 50 LB SACK OF ROCKDUST HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK
PERSON WAS HANDLING CRIB TIES AND TWISTED HIS BACK
PERSON PICKED UP A WOODEN 5X7 ROOF SUPPORT HE TURNED TO CARRY IT TO WHERE IT WAS TO BE USED AND TWISTED HIS BACK
THE PERSON STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING SACKS OF MORTER OFF OF A SUPPLY CAR ONTO A SCOOP CAR. HIS ARMS BEGAN TO HURT HIM. HTE NEXT DAY HE BEGAN HAVING NUMBNESS IN BOTH ARMS.
PERSON WAS HELPING SET UP A TAIL PIECE.AS HE WAS PUSHING A 5X7TIE UNDER THE TAIL PIECE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE TIE AND THE TAIL PIECE FRAME.COLLECTED BLOOD WAS REAINED FROM UNDER THE FINGER NAIL.REPORTABLE NO LOST TIME INJURY.
PERSON CARRIED SACK OF ROCKDUST TO STOPPED CONVEYOR BELT AND WHILE IN BENTOVER POSITION HE TOSSED IT ACROSS BELT TO THE OTHER SIDE.
PERSON WAS HELPING CARRY AND SET 90 LB STEEL TIMBERS AND H IS BACK STARTED HURTING
THER PERSON TOSSED A ROOF BOLT ONTO THE BOLTING MACHINE. IT LANDED ON A WOODEN MEASURING STICK WHICH FLIPPED UP & STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
PERSON WAS HELPING UNLOAD BELT STRUCUTRE OUT OF A CAR. WHILE HANDLING A ROLLER HE TURNED & TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE HELPING UNLOAD WOODEN PLANK OFF OF A SUPPLUYCAR, ONE OF THE PLANKS STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE
THE INJURED BENT OVER AND PICKED UP THE MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT. HE ESPERENCED SHARP PAIN IN THE LOW BACK.
A BOLTER OPERATOR WAS POSITIONING THE DRILL AND IT STRUCK A METAL ROOF JACK. THE JACK FELL AND STRUCK THE INJURED ON THE LEFT FOOT.
A PUMPER WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE PACKING FROM AROUND THE PISTON ROD ON A 6 X 6 WATER PUMP HIS INDEX FINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN A MOUNTING BOLT AND TH E PACKING FLANGE
THE PERSON STATE THAT HE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF OF A BOLTING MACHINE REEL A SPLICE CAUGHT IN THE REEL AND HE JERKED ON THE CABLE WHICH HE CLAIMS RESULTED IN A RIGHT SIDE HERNIA.
HELPING THROW MINER CABLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHEN HE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP THE CABLE THE STRAINED HIS BACK.
PICKED UP A 50 LBS SACK OF ROCKDUST AND ATTEMPTED TO FLIP IN ONTO HIS BACK TO CARRY IT FELT SUDDEN SEVERE PAIR IN LOW BACK.
PULLING MINER CABLE BACK AS THE MAHINE MOVED FELT PAIN IN LOW LEFT ABDOMEN.
INSTALLING 54" RESIN BOLTS. STRAIGHTENING OUT THE BOLT TO INSTALL IT. FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK.
PERSON STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING A 7 FOOT RESIN ROD WHILE INSTALLING IT. HIS WRIST GAVE OUT CAUSING IT TO TWIST.
EMPL PULLING ON 50\LENGTH OF OCKDUST HOSE IT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
CARRYING 2 ROOF JACKS. DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOW BACK.
HE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A SCOOP CHARGER OFF OF THE SCOOP BUCKET. AS THE CHARGER SLID OFF OF THE END OF THE SCOOP BUCKET IT PINCHED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE CHARGER FRAME AND THE SCOOP B UCKET.
THE PERSON STATED THAT HE WAS REACHING UP TO PLACE A BELT ROLLER ONTO THE BELT ROPE AND INJURED HIS BACK.