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July 6, 1989 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL REMOVING HYDRAULIC PUMP FROM DOZER.AS HE LIFTED PUMP FROM DOZER,RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND CAUGHT ON HOSE CLAMP CAUSING SMALL CUT REQ 6 STITCHES.

March 1, 1989 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PICKING BONEY FROM PINCHIN AS HE REACHED OVER TABLE TO PICK UP A LAERGE ROCK HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

March 31, 1987 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

VICTIM WAS SERV3CING FORD PICK UP TRUCK. IN ATTMPTING TO CHANGE AIR FILTER, VICTIM STEPPED ON FRONT BUMPER AND RAISED LEFT LEGTO REST KNEE ON ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS HE RAISED LEG, LEFT KNEE ST RUCK HOOD LATCH2 CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND.

February 11, 1987 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND HI8 FOREMAN WERE LIFTING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF OIL ONTO BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK. THE DRUM WAS APPROX. HALF FULL OF OIL. WHILE LIFTING, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER RIGHT SIDE RESULT ING IN A HERNIA1

July 11, 1984 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SPRING ON WATER TRUCK WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF POSITION LANDING ON HIS MIDDLE FINGER

March 20, 1984 PA · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT FRONT TIRE OF CP 650 DRILL WITH HIS BACK TO MACHINE HE LIFTED WHEEL BEHIND HIS BACK WHEN WHEEL SET ON SPOKES HIS FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN SPOKE AND THE WHEE H RIM

December 14, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE NOTICED ROCKS ON PORTABLE CRUSHER BELT & STOPPED MACHINE WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE ROCKS EE TWISTED HIS BACK WHICH RESULTED AS ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN.

October 11, 1983 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Avery Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SODA ASH ON TRUCK HE GOT A PAIN IN GROIN AREA LEFT SIDE

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