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CARRYING METAL 5LONG WITH I.NMAE FOR OVERCAST AND WHILE LIFTING 1 END OF 74 LB PIECE OF METAL GOT PAIN IN BACK AND PELVIC AREA.
LIFTING CRIB BL2CK OFF OF BELT AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE TURNING SIDE WAYS.
PULLING CABLE O0 CONTINOUS MINER TO MAKE SPLICE AND INJURED BACK.
WHILE CARRYING 2 BAGS OF ROCK DUST, BACK STARTED TO HURT AWFULLY BAD, LOWER BACK.
WAS STACKING BL2CKS ON OVERCAST AND PICKED UP A BLOCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK
SHOVELING COAL 2UT OF BUGGY AND PULL MUSCLE IN LEFT RIB CAGE.
WORKING ON UNDE9CAST, LIFTING AND SLIDING 60 PDS. RAILS IN PLACE
PULLING SLACK U1ON PIN MACHINE CABLE ACROSS BREAK TO HANG CABLE AND HURT RIGHT HIP.
WORKING ON OVER7AST. HE WAS CARRYING CEMENT BLOCKS AND STRAINED BACK.
INSTALLING A CONVEYOR POT IN JOY MINER WHEN A ROCK SLID OFF THE HEAD & STRUCK LOWER BACK.
WHILE CARRYING SOLID BLOCK HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. L
THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON THE #1 SECTION GOT STUCK AND THE INJURED WAS BLOCKING IT UP WITH CRIBS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPL SHOVELLING MUD AND WATER AROUND 2-C HEAD AND POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN 2 CRIBS.THIS WAS A TIGHT PLACE AND IN LOCATION THAT IT HAD TO BE DONE THIS WAY.
WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON SCOOP HURT LOWER BCK.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT HYD JACK ON SLOPE CAR WHEN JACK FELL ON RT FOOT
HE WAS TURNING AROUND ON THE SHUTTLE CAR AND WHEN HE STEPPED OUT HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP THIS IS A REOCCURANCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN 1979 WHEN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT CAUSED REMOVAL OF THE INSIDE CARTLIDGE OF THE SAME KNEE
WAS LIFTING AND PULLING HYD JACK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER AREA LEFT SIDE
INJURED WAS LOADING A DIGGING ARM FOR A CONTINOUS MINER AT TOP OF SLOPE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK BUT COMPLETED THE REST OF SHIFT. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY MORNING AND WE WERE INFO RMED ON MONDAY HE WAS HURT. THE SAFETY DEPT. WAS INFORMED ON 8/23/84
LIFTING ON CONVEYOR MOTOR FOR SHUTTLE CAR AND HURT LOWER BACK AREA
STRAINED LEFT LEG WHILE PULLING TAIL ROLLER FROM 3 HEAD TO T RACK.
WHILE HELPING TO SET BITS ON ,INER BUMPED RT. KNEE ON BIT ON RIPPER HEAD.
WHILE SHOVELING COAL ON BELTLINE AT #6 HEAD GOT SHARP PAIN IN BACK
STRAINED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK AND HIP AREA- WAS BENT OVER LIFTING HYD. PUMP.
THROWING BLOCKS AND TWISTED BACK AND POSSIBLE FRACTURED RIBS
SPLICING CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER.PIECE OF METAL CUT ARM.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING THE BELTLINE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENDING DOWN THE ROOF BOLTER, AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT. HIS FOOT BEGIN TO SWELL IMMEDIATELY.