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SUPV HAD DRIVEN TO SHOP TO OBTAIN REPLACEMENT PART FOR HIGHWALL DRILL.ITEM WAS HEAVY NO OTHER WORKERS IN SHOP, ELECTED TO LIFT AND CARRY PART TO TRUCK BY HIMSELF.HE STRUGGLED AND COMPLETED TAS K BUT NOTICED SLIGHT DISCOMFORT GREW OVER NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL INTOLERABLE.
DRAGLINE OILERS3ROUTINELY CHECK WATER LEVELS IN COOLING SYSTEMS OF DRAGLINES EVERY SHIFT.VICTIM ADVISED BEFORE INJURY THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING.AS HE LOOSENED READIATOR CAP TO RELIEVE PR ESSURE,CAP WAS 0ORCED OFF AND HOT WATER WAS EXPELLED FROM RAD. AND ONTO SHOULDER AND ARM OF VICTIM.IT WAS LEARNED THAT CAP WOULDNT ALWAYS RELIEVE PRESSURE WHEN PARTIALLY UNSCREWED...REPLACE W
VICTIM WAS ASSI1NED TO CLENA COAL SEAM TOP WITH HAND SHOVEL WHIEL REMVOING SHALE FROM FACE OF SEAN HE LIFTED A PARTICULAR HEAVY PIECE OF SHALE AND WALKED ABOUT 20 FT TO SPOIL SIDE TO DISPOSE OF IT AS HE STE1PED UP ON RIDGE OF CLAY HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIANING HIS LOWER BACK WHILE SHALE DIRECTLY CAUSED THE SLIP AND BACK STRAIN CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE IMPROPER FOOTING AND DECISI