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INJURED WAS UNLOADING PARTS FROM A SUPPLY CAR THAT WAS ON THE WEST MAIN TRACK AS HE WAS HANDLING MATERIALS ON THE SUPPLY CAR A HYDRAULIC JACK ROLLED ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND, HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
OPERATING SCOOP CAR.VENT TUBE WAS HANGING FROM TOP.REACHED OUT OF SCOOP TO PUSH UP ON VENT TUBE SO IT WOULD CLEAR CANOPY ON SCOOP CAR.TUBE FELL STRIKING RIGHT THUMB AND DISLOCATING IT.
INJURED WAS UNLOADING BELT STANDS FROM A SUPPLY CAR ON THE 2 MAIN NORTH SECTION.HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN A BELT STAND AND THE SUPPLY CAR. LACERATED TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.
INJURED WAS BLOCKING UP THE TONGUE OF A PARTS CAR WITH HEADER BLOCKS. THE TONGUE WAS BEING BARRED UP WITH A STEEL BAR AND THE INJURED WAS PLACING HEADER BLOCK UNDER THE TONGUE. THE BAR SLIPPED AND THE INJURED PINCHED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN BLOCK AND TONGUE. FINGER WAS LACERATED AND FRACTURED AT TIP.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING DUST BOX TO TAKE UNDERGROUND WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER ABCK.
INJURED WAS BEN7 OVER AND STARTED TO LIFT A CANOPY JACK HYDRAULIC FOR A BOLTING MACHINE HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
30 GAL DRUM OF OIL LAYING ON MINE FLOOR.EMPL LIFTED IT TO UPRIGHT POSITION.FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE.LETTER ATTACHED.
INJURED WAS HAN1ING HIGHLINE CABLE INTO HOOKE ALONG MAIN NORTH TRACK. AS HE LIFTED CABLE OVER HIS HEAD TO PLACE IT INTO THE HOOKS HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG. PROBLEM CONTINUED UNT IL EMPLOYEE WAS3UNABLE TO WORK ON 10-13-87.
INJURED WAS LIF7ING WOODEN PLANKS 2X8X12 FROM THE MOVE FLOOR ONTO A ROOF BOLTING MACHINE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT THE PLANK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
CONTINUOUS MINI3G MACHINE BEINGMOVED ACROSS SECTION.INJ DRAGGING TRAILING CABLE OUT OF TRAMWAY.PULLING CABLE SIDEWAYS ACROSS BODY WHILE STANDING.LATER IN SHIFT HIS BACK BECAME STIFF AND SORE.
INJURED WAS LIF7ING A TRAILING CABLE FOR CONTINUOUS MINING MACHINE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE CABLE IN J HOOKS THAT WERE FOR MINE ROOF AS HE STRAINED TO PLACE CABLE IN HOOKS HE FELT HIS HEMORR HOIDS POP OUT 3
INJURED WAS RID3NG IN A PORTAL BUS TO A SECTION 9A9L2E PORTAL BUS WAS STOPPED HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE PORTAL BUS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN AREA STRAINED LOWER RT.ABDOME N PAINED CONTIN6ED UNTIL THE FIRST DAY MISSED ON 060987 WHEN INJURED RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT & LOST ? DAYS AFTER THAT
INJURED BENT DO4N TO PICK UP A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE.HE PICKED THE CABLE UP AND WAS PULLING IT AROUND A CORNER.FELT PAIN IN UPPER AND LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS PIC5ING UP HEADER BLOCK. FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
PULLING BOLTER 7ABLE THAT WAS TANGLED WITH MINER CABLE CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK
BUILDING BLOCK 8TOPPING, LIFTING 6 INCH BLOCK FROM BOTTOM TO TOP OF STOPPING ABOUT 7 FEET HIGH. CAUSING PAIN IN VICTIMS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING CRIB BLOCKS AND WOODEN POSTS INTO THE BUCKET OF AN END LOADER SMASHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN POST AND BUCKET OF END LOADER. FINGER WAS FRACTURED.
MOVING FILING C5BINET. PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN FILING CABINET & DOOR FRAME. LACERATED LEFT LITTLE FINGER. 2 SUTURES REQUIRED.
EMPLOYEE WAS DR5GGING A 10FT LONG PIECE OF RIGID VENTILATION T UBING WITH A 15FT LONG SLIDER UNDER OF IT FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
PERFORMING REPA3R WORK ON ROOF BOLTING MACHINE REMOVING COVERS FROM MACHINE TO GET ACCESS TO HYDRAULIC HOSE AS EMP WAS LIFTING COVER HE FVELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK SPRAINED LOWER BACK
WHILE CLEARING 4ALKWAY IN INTAKE ESCAPEWAY (SHOVELING & PICKING UP BIG STONES) IN LOWTOP VICTIM EXPERIENCED SORENESS IN LOWER BACK AS WELL AS STIFFNESS AREA WAS APPROX 5FT IN HEIGHT
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING BELT ROLLER TO PUT ON ROPE LINE OF BELTLINE FELT PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AND ABDOMEN AREA
LIFTING A 40#RA3L 30FT LONG WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFTED RAIL ABOUT 12IN OFF GROUND & FELT SUDDEN PAIN IN LOWER MIDDLE BACK EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK PREVIOUSLY ON 051282 & THAT T HIS IS A RECURR9NCE OF THAT INJURY WE ARE INQUIRING-CAN WE REPORT THIS AS A RECURRENCE.
GETTING OUT OF 4EEP AT MANTRIP STOOD UP IN JEEP KNEESLIPPED OUT OF JOINT-THIS MAN HAD MICRO SURGERY ON THIS KNEE IN 1981 & HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE THEN THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN OCCURRENCE W9 REQUEST THAT THIS BE CLASSIFIED A RE-CURRENCE NO INJURY OCCURRED MAN STOVED UP KNEE WENT OUT
EMP WAS SHOVELI3G WET FINE COAL AND MUD FROM MINE FLOOR ONTO BELTLINE BELT WAS ABOUT 7 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL COAL AND MUD WAS HAVY AND STICKING TO THE SHOVEL TWISTED LOWER BACK
PULLING ON T RA3LER CABLE FOR CONT MINER FELT TIGHTNESS IN LOWER BACK
30 GAL DRUM OF 2IL LAYING ON MINE FLOOR.EMPL LIFTED DRUM OF OIL TO UPRIGHT POSITION FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.1ST DAY MISSED 1-13-86.
RAISED A TRAILI3G CABLE FOR A FEEDER OVERHEAD AND PLACED IT INTO "J" HOOKS. CABLE CAME OUT OF HOOKS AND WEIGHT OF CABLE WHILE HOLDING CABLE CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO CARRY AN INJURED MAN ON A BACKBOARD. HE HAD CARRIED HIM ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM SECTION. FELT PAIN IN SHOULDER. PAIN CONTINUED OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS. SAW DOCTOR ON 1-17-86
LIFTING BOTTOM 9OLLER INTO PLACE ON THE 2 EAST EBELTLINE FELT PAIN IN BACK , PAIN CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER INJURY
INJURED WAS STA3DING ALONG TRACK WHILE 2 EMPLOYEES THREW A PIECE OF RAIL OUT OF A CROSSCUT, IT ROLLED AND LANDED ON INJURED RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A SECTION OF TRACK RAIL WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES. INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AS RAIL WAS LIFTED AND HE FELL TO GROUND.
ATTEMPTING TO RAISE PIECE OF STONE OFF MINER TO GET CAUTION SIGN WHEN CORNER OF STONE BROKE OFF THIS CAUSED STONE TO FALL CATCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN STONE AND HEADLIGHT COVER ON MINER.
CLEANING TRACK 8WQITCH. A PIECE OF WOODEN BLOCK WAS LODGED IN SWITCH. BENT OVER TO PULL OUT BLOCK FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHILE TRYING TO PULL OUT BLOCK.
PICKED UP 2 BUNDLES OF ROOF BOLT PLATES FROM SUPPLY CAR. WAS BENT OVER SUPPLY CAR WHEN PICKING UP PLATES, FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS LIFTING A T RAILING CABLE FOR A C/M MACHINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE CABLE OVER HEAD OF MINING MACHINE HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS PUTTING A 2" X 12" ?14\ LANK ON TOP OF BOLTER CANOPY WHEN HIS RIGHT ELBOW SNAPPED.
EMP WAS PULLING A PULL CORD TO THROW ON ELECTRIC SWITCH WHEN HIS HAND CAUGHT A KNOT IN THE ROPE STRAINING LEFT ELBOW
INJURED WAS H ELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HANG VENTILATION TUBING (18IN) WHEN SPAD PULLED OUT OF ROOF LEAVING INJURED HOLDING 3 TON FOOT TUBES CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO PUT ON BUMPER OF SHUTTER CAR. PULLED SOME THING IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS OPENING A DOOR THRU THE WALKWAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK & CHEST.
INJURED WAS TAKING FAN CABLE OUT OF J HOOK WHEN HOOK CAUGHT RIGHT THUMB.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE COAL CAR COUPLER THAT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE ROTARY DUMP
INJURED WAS HELPING TO TAKE DOWN AND LOAD 6 X 20 LONG JOINT ON ALUMINUM PIPE IN TO MINE CAR WHEN PIPE ROLLED CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN CAR AND PIPE.
INJURED ATTEMPTED TO LOAD OR SWING A SCOOP CAR RAM JACK AROUND TO LOAD HIT IN BUCKET OF SCOOP WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS SHOVELING COAL ALONG CLEAN COAL TUNNEL BELT WHEN HE HAD PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJ WAS SHOVELING LOOSE MATERIAL FROM BOTTOM WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
INJURED WAS SHOVELING COAL FROM BELTLINE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK FELL TO KNEES AND COULDN\T STRAIGHTEN UP.
INJURED WAS CLOSING VENTALATION DOOR, WHEN DOOR HIT HIM ON LEFT ELBOW.
INJURED WAS LIFTING SHUTTLE CAR TIRE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK.