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EE STATED THAT HE LIFTED A SECTION OF MINER CABLE & FLET A PAIN IN HIS BACK. DRS. LATER DISCOVERED HE HAS A KIDNEY INFECTION AND WORKERS COMPENSATION CARRIERS ARE CHECKING IF THIS INJURY IS WO R RELATED
EE WAS LIFTING A SECITON OF MINER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE AND WATERLINE AND STRAINED BACK. ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. EE MISSED WORK 1-3-98 AND 2-2-98. EE HAS NOT CONTACTED OUR OFFICE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT, IF ANY, IS UNKNOWN.
THE EE WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELTLINE AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MINER CABLE WHEN HIS KNEE BEGAN TO HURT.
EE WAS REMOVING LIP OFF FROM CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AT HIS REGULAR JOB UNTIL 11-6-96. HE WAS COMPLAINING OF PAIN AND WENT TO DR. WHO TOLD HIM TO TAKE 2 WKS. OFF.
EE WAS STACKING CRIB BLOCKS UNDER HEAD OF CONT MINER WHEN ANOTHER EE THREW A CRIB BLOCK TO HIM WHILE HE WAS REACHING FOR ANOTHER BLOCK AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE 2 CRIB BLOCKS CAUSIN G A LACERATION TO HIS R LITTLE FINGER REQUIRING 15 STITCHES
EMP WAS CRAWLING IN THE MINE, WHEN HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DOING A VARIETY O DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH OUT THE SHIFT IINCLUDING OPERATIGN EQUIPMENT, INSTALLING BELT AND STRUCTURE ETC. WHEN HE NOTICE A BULGE IN HIS STOMACH. HE CONTN UED TO WORK UNTL 5-22-96. AT WHICH TIME HE HAD SURGERY FOR A HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS USING A WATER HOSE TO WET THE HAUL ROAD AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. FINISHED THE DAY AND WENT HOME, STATED HIS BACK PAIN GOT WORSE SO HE WENT TO DR. DR STATED THAT IT COULD BE A REOCCURRENCE OF A NON WORK RELATEDINJURY. DID NOT INFORM US UNTIL 4-3-96. WE ARE REPORTING THIS INJURY DUE TO THE QUESTION IF WORKRELATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DRAW ROCK OFF MINER WHEN A PIECE APPROX. 4'X4'X3" SLID OFF AND HIT HIM ON THE KNEE. HE DIDN'T GO TO DR. UNTIL 4-17-06. AT THAT TIME HE STARTED MISSING WORK.
EE WAS REMOVING DRAW ROCK FROM CONTINIOUS MINER. AS HE WAS PULLING THE ROCK OFF A PART OF IT BROKE AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE MINER, CAUSING A LACERATION, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.
EE WAS BUILDING A BRATTICE, HE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND TURNED AROUND AND PICK UP BLOCK WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF ROCK OUT OFTHEBRIDGE WHEN HE FELT HIS SHOULDER STSART HURTING
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET BITS IN MINER WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN MINER BIT AND CORE BREAKER.HE WENT TO ER AND RECEIVED 3 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING LID OFF BATTERY TRAY ON ASCOOP WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO ROLL BELT, WHEN HE LIFTED THE ROLL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THE MINER WATER LINE CAUGHT A TIMBER AND KNOCK IT OVER WHICH STRUCK HIM ON THEBACK. EMPLOYER WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 5 DAYS LATER, THEN BY DR. OFFICE.
EMPLOYEE STATED, THAT WHILE PULLING ON MINER CABLE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE THEN OPERATED THE MINER FOR THE REMAINING OF THE SHIFT, WHILE DRIVING HOME HIS BACK BEGIN TO HUR T AGAIN SO HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING MINE CABLE ONTO MINER. AFTER LOADING MINE CABLE HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIPE UNDER CONVEYOR BELT TO PLACE BELT STRUCTURE UNDER CONVEYOR, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR CONVEYOR CHAIN ON MINER WHEN WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED STRIKING HIM ON THE FINGER.
EE WAS LOAD BELT STRUCTURE INTO END LOADER BUCKET WHEN STACK OF BELT STRUCTURE FELL OVER AGAINST HIS LEG CAUSING A CUT TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.
REPLACING LID FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE SHOVELING BELT HE HURT HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK 2 DAYS LATER HE SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTING AND HE COULD NOT RUN HIS SHUTTLE CAR AND WENT TO DOCTOR.
VICTIM WAS SHOVELING BELT & HURT HIS KNEE
VICTIM WAS THROWING BAG OF ROCKDUST ON BELTLINE & PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EMP WAS CHANGIN1 SEATS ON SHUTLECAR HIS KNEE WAS CRAMPED AND IT RESULTED IN A STRAIN AND POSSIBLE TORN CARTLIDGE
EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING BELT STRUCTURE AND PULLED MUSCLES AND FURTHER INJURED THE VERTEBRAES IN HIS BACK.
EMPL LOADING TI4BERS INTO PICKUP AND STRUCK HAND.