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EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A LARGE ROCK FROM THE PAN LINE AT THE FACE WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT WHILE HELPING MAKE REPAIRS TO A SCOOP TRACTOR HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A PIECE OF MATERIAL. AT THIS TIME HE RECEIVED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK.
EMPL RECD INJUR2 USING STANDARD TYPE NEW SHOVEL TO REMOVE LOOSE COAL FROM UNDER BELTLINE.AREA NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH WITH DRY TO MOIST CONDITION ALONG WITH NORMAL SHOVEL LOAD OR LESS OF LOOSE MATERIAL. 3
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING LOAD EMPTY 55 GALLON BARRELS INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK WHEN HE INJURED HIMSELF HE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO LIFT TWO AT A TIME & INJURY WAS CAUSED BY BARRELS BEING TO BU LKY T O HANDLE 7HIS WAY
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT WHILE LIFTING AND PULLING A 1 1/4' FLEXIBLE WATER HOSE HE INJURED HIS BACK.THE AREA WAS NORMAL WALKING HEIGHT.THE HOSE WAS TO HEAVY FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO HANDLE ALONE.
INJURED WAS ADJ6STING THE SEAT IN A MODEL 773B CATAPILLAR ROCK TRUCK WHEN HECAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE SLIDE FRAME AND THE SEAT.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS LIFTING A METAL COVER FOR A RANGING ARM WHEN THE STRAIN TO HIS BACK OCCURRED
EMPL LIFTING CE4ENT BLOCKS.BLOCKS WERE SOLID 8'' TYPE WITH 50 LB WEIGHT.
EMPL HELPING RE4OVE BACKBOARD FROM REFUSE SHAKERR WHEN HE WAS LIFTING IT,BACKBOARD LEANED OVER CATCHING ARM AGAINST HANDRAIL NEAR SHAKER.BACKBOARD WAS BEING REMOVED IN ORDER TO REPAIR SHAKER S CREEN.APPX WEIG2T-430 LBS.
EMPL STARTED TO3LOWER CLOTHING BASKET AND HARD HAT FELL STRIKING HIM ABOUT NOSE AREA.INJ WAS SLIGHT BUT EMPL LOST FULL SHIFT TRAVELLING TO DR.IN..
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS HANDLING SOME ROOF SUPPORT MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF STEEL STRAPS WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK. HE STATED THAT HE WAS BENDING THE STRAP TO FORM IT FOR CONNECTION WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRE8 THE AREA WAS NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS HELPING PLACE A 60 LB. TRACK RAIL IN PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS FOOT CATCHING IT BETWEEN THE RAIL AND A CROSS-TIE.
INJ CLOSING DOO9 TO DISCHARGE AUGER ON PRELL TRUCK.AS HE SHUT DOOR HE CAUGHT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND AUGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS BENDING SOME ROOF BOLTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. BENDING THE BOLTS IS NECESSARY FOR INSTALLATION IN ROOF HIEGHTS OF APPROX. 60 INCHES. THE BOLT LENGTH IS 6 FT.
EMPLOYEE WAS INJURIED WHILE HELPING HANDLE A PIECE OF METAL. HE WAS HELPING PLACE THE METAL IN A MATERIAL CAR FOR TRANSPORTING TO OTHER AREA. THE AREA WAS NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH WITH ALL C OND
EMPL HELPING REPLACE SCRUB BAR ON CM WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.SCRUB BAR WEIGHS 400 LB BUT WAS HINGED TO MINER ON ONE END AND ONLY REQ SMALL AMT OF PRESSURE TO PLACE THE OTHER END INTO POSITIO I
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HANDLING MATERIAL FRO ROOF BOLTING WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED MATERIAL WAS OF VARIOUS TYPES WHUCH AS BOLTS BOARDS RESIN. AREA INJURY OCCURRED WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING EHIGHTH.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER WHEN HE ALLOWED HIS HAND TO BE PLACED UNDERNEATH & BETWEEN CYLINDER & METAL SURFACE CAUSING HAND TO BE MASHED CYLINDER WAS BEING LOWERED WHEN INJUR Y OCCURRED
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE WORKING ON A SECTION OF PANLINE HE PLACED HIS FOOT UNDER THE EDGE WHILE REACHING OVER IT THE EMPLOYEE ASSUMMED THAT HE HAD PLACED THE PANLINE LEVEL WITH THE FLOOR BU T WHEN FOOT WAS ACCIDENTLY PLACED UNDERNEATH THE PANLINE IT SLIPPED OR ROLLED ONTO HIS FOOT.
EMPL INJURED HIS BACK WHILE HANDLING MATERIAL OR SUPPLIES FOR OPERATING SECTION.HE COULDNT DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT MATERIAL HE WAS HANDLING WHEN INJURY WAS SUSTAINED.AREA WAS NORMAL WALKING HEI
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE HELPING LIFT MATERIAL.THERE WAS NO EXCESS WEIGHT FACTOR INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING WHEN THE END OF IT STRUCK THE TOP AS HE LIFTED IT. THIS CAUSED HIS BACK TO BE INJURED.
EMPL STATED BACK STARTED HURTING WHILE IN COURSE OF NORMAL DUTIES.HE HAD PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS.AREA HE WAS WORKING IS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH.NO MANUAL LABOR,LIFTING OR SUCH WAS INVOLVED
EMP STATED HE WAS WALKING ALONG A RAMP WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON SLIPPERY SURFACE CAUSING HIMSELF TO GRAB HOLD OF HANDRAIL AT THAT TIME HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK DUE TO SUDDEN WEIGHT SHIFT TO ONE ARM
EMPL LIFTING TIMBER WHEN FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.AREA WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH WITH GOOD CONDITIONS OTHERWISE.NO EXCESSIVE WEIGHT TO LIFTING THE TIMBER.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE OUT OF WALKWAY WHEN HE STATED THAT HE INJURIED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING RE-POSTION THE TRAILING CABLE FOR THE CONTINUOUS MINER HE INJURED HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING HANDLE A PIECE OF CURVED METAL OF WHICH WHEN PLACED ON THE FLOOR ROCKED IN HIS DIRECTION AND BUMPED HISLEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CHANGE WORN BITS FROM THE DRUM OFTHE SHEAR WHEN HE ALLOWED HIS FINGER TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BITS AND ROOF ASTHE DRUM WAS BEING ROTATED.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A SAFETY JACK AND POSITION IT INTO PLACE WHEN HE INJURED HIS BACK AREA WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHT WITH THE JACK WEIGHING APPROX 25 LBS
EMPLOYEE WAS HANDLING CANS OF IDESEL FUEL WHEN HE STATED THAT HE INJURIED HIS BACK. THE CANS WERE 5 GALLON CAPACITY WITH NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. EMPLOYEE LIFTED ONLY ONE CAN AT THE TIME ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE INJURIED HIMSELF WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A TONGUE ON A FLATCAR HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HOOKING THE CAR TO A MOTOR WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE ADVANCING SHIELDS A SMALL PARTICLE OF SOME NATURE FLEW INTO HIS EYE. THE PARTICLE HAD BECOME AIRBORNE AFTER FALLING FROM ROOF.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING COAL FROM AROUND TAILPIECE HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THE AREA HAD NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HELPING POSITION A SINGLE PROP AGAINST A RIB TO PUSH AGAINST THE TAILPECE AND POSITION IT CORRECTLY HE INJURED HES CACK.
INJ REPORTED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THREAD A SHORT PIECE OF CHAIN THROUGH A CRANE HOOK THE CHAIN MUST HAVE HAD A SHARP BURR OR A LINK WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT TO THE INJUREDS LEFT HAND BETWEEN T THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER
HE SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS BACK WHILE BENDING ROOF SUPPORT BOLTS SO THEY COULD BE INSERTED INTO A HOLE AND BECOME A PERMANENT FI XTURE OF ROOF SUPPORT THE BOLTS REQUIRED BENDING DUE TO THE LEN GTH OF THE BOLT AND THE HEIGHT OF THE IMMEDICATE AREA 5\10"
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A DOOR TO CHECK REFUSE DUMP BIN WHEN HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH A BURR OR SHARP EDGE ON THE DOOR.
HELPING BUILD STOPPING WITH 8\\ CONCRETE BLOCKS STRAINED HIS BACK HANDLING BLOCKS.AREA WAS NORMAL WALKING HEIGHTH.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BOLT TOP HE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS BACK THE INJURIED WAS HELPING HANDLE MATERIAL USED TO INSTALL PERMANENT SUPPORT AND WAS NOT OP ERATING ANY EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY THE AREA WAS ABOVE NORMAL WALKING HEIGHT WITH MATERIALS MAXIMUM WEIGHT AROUND 30LBS
HE WAS HANDLING THE TRAILING CABLECABLE FOR THE CONTINOUS MINER WHEN HE INJURED HIMSELF WITH A POSSIBLE STRAIN. THE IMMEDIATE WORK AREA WAS BELOW NORMAL WALKING HEIGHT OTHER CONDITIONS WERE N NORMAL WITH EMPLOYEE LIFTING ONLY A SINGLE CABLE OF APPROXIMATE 25LBS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A CURVED RAIL WHEN IT OVERTURNED AND MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE BOTTOM THE CREW INJURED WAS WORKING WITH WAS REMOVING TRACK WHEN ACCIDENT OCCU RED
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING WITH REPAIR WORK ON PANLINE WHEN THE COVER PORTION FOR THE TROUGH SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND FELL ON OTHER HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A MANTRIP WHEN HE MOVED AND ALLOWED HIS HAND TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP EDGE ON A METAL BOLT INSTALLED ON THE MANTRIP HIS HAND STRUCK THE BOLT CAUSING INJRY THE BU RR WAS NOT VISIBLE AT THIS TIME
PLACED HAND ON EDGE OF RIM AROUND TAKE-UP FOR SHUTTLE CAR. LID WAS IN RAISED POSITION THEN FELL AND CAUGHT EMPL HAND BETWEEN LID AND BOX FOR REEL.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TAKING A COVER OFF OF A GEAR BOX TO DO REPAIR WHEN A BURR CUT HIS FINGER AS IT SLIPPED THROUGH HIS HAND
TAKING 3\\ WATER LINE APART WHEN DROPPED PIECE STRIKING ON FOOT.EMPL LOST HOLD ON PIECE OF PIPE.
EMP WAS TAKING STAND LOOSE FROM TOP WHEN THE METAL PLATE AND FRAME WORK FELL TO BOTTOM AND STRUCK HIS FOOT. THE ANCHOR STANDS ARE USED TO HOLD WIRE ROPES FOR BELTLINE SECURE
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING LOAD BELT ROLLERS ONTO A SUPPLY CAR WHEN HE ALLOWED HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROLLER & THE SIDE OF THE CAR.
HANDLING MINER BITS DROPPED BOX OF THEM ONTO HAND.