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AFTER LOADING TRUCK, STEPPED DOWN FROM END LOADER AND CLIMBED BACK INTO TRUCK, BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A STOPPING WHEN HE STATED HE MASHED HIS RT THUMB BETWEEN A CINDER BLOCK & THE SIDE OF A UNIHAULER
THE EE WAS WORKING AT REPAIRING THE SERVICE BRAKE ON 20 GOLF CART. REPLACING A BRAKE CABLE. AS HE PULLED THE CABLE OUT OF THE MACHINE BRACKETS, THE END OF THE CABLE SWUNG UP AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. THE END OF THE CABLE WAS FRAYED./
EE STATED HE HURT HIS BACK LIFTING A SHIELD OFF THE FEEDER ON 6 LEFT. HE STATED THIS MAYBE A REOCCURENECE OF AN OLD INJURY. THE OLD INJURY HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER.
EE SAID HE PICKED UP THE MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING THE MINER CABLE TO LOAD ON THE MINER WHEN HE FELT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE MINER CABLE UP TO HANG IT AGAINST THE TOP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE STATED HE HAD HURT HIS BACK PREVIOUSLY ON 10-10-92.
EE WAS UNLOADING A 5 GALLON CAN OF HYDRAULIC OIL FROM HIS UNIHAULER, HE REACHED ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE MACHINE TO GET IT, AND AS HE WAS DOING THIS, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE STATED HE WAS BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A WRENCH AND GOT A CATCH IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT. HE CEASED WORKING 4-26-93.
INJURED EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS THROWING ROCK DUST BY HAND ONTO THE ROOF AND RIBS. WHEN HE PULLED HIS ARM BACK TO THROW DUST AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A BENT ROOF BOLT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE ROOF.
INJUREDS & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LOADING A RIPPER HEAD MOTOR INTO THE BUCKET OF A UNISTRAC BY FLIPPING IT OVER 1 TIME. INJUIRED STATED 30 HOURS ATER WHEN HYE AWOKE WITH PAIN IN HIS BACK & RIGH T HIP THAT DOING THIS IS WHAT CAUSED HIS INJURY. HE ALSO STATED THIS GOES BACK TO ABN INJURY IN 1990.
INJURED WAS HELPING LIFT A TIMBER, WHEN HE GOT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
HELPING OTHER MEN LIFT MINER CABLE TO HANG AGAINST MINE ROOF
SHOVELING OUTSIDE BELT PAIN IN M IDDLE PART OF UPPER BACK
FOREMAN WAS TAKING CABLE DOWN WHERE IT WAS HUNG WHEN THE ROOF BOLTER OPERATOR TURNED THE REEL ON & PULLED THE CABLE DOWN ON VICTIMS NECK
LOADING SUPPLIES ON ROOFBOLTER AND STRUCK LEFT HAND ON BOLTER.
PULLING ON A ROOF BOLT.
BENT DOWN TO PLUG UP A CHARGER CABLE IN A MANTRIP BUS AND TWISTED BACK.
PULLING ON A POWER CABLE THAT WAS BEING INSTALLED AT A NEW BELT HEAD INSTALLATION.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SET COAL FEEDER ON BELT TIAL MAN INJURED HAND WHEN HE WAS PUTTING CRIB BLOCK UNDER CRAWLER PADS OF FEEDER HE HAD THUMB ON TOP OF CRIB BLOCK & IT BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN CRIB BLOCK & FRAME.
HELPING ELECTRICIAN TO REINSTALL RUB RAIL ON CONTINIOUS MINER. STRAINED BACK. TAKE CARE NOT TO LIFT MORE THAN YOU SHOULD.
WHILE STARTING PUMP MOTOR ON LN200 MINER INJURED PERSON STRUCK ELBOW ON LIGHT SWITCH.