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August 3, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

36149NG STEEL PIPE INTO MINE CAR. STRAINED LOWER BACK.

May 19, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE REMOVING A SPROCKET FROM A DRIVE SHAFT-HE DROPPED THE SPROCKET ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A BRUISE.

May 7, 1992 WV · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRETCHED L SHOULDER HANGING LINE VENTILATION CURTAIN

April 11, 1992 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING CONVEYOR BELT STRUCTURE INTI MINE CAR.RIGHT INDEX FINGER MASHED BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND MINE CAR-HAS A SMALL LACERATION OF TIP RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

March 18, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by falling object

INSTALLING POST-TURNED TO GET CAP WEDGE-POST FELL AND STRUCK INJURY IN RIGHT RIB CAGE.

March 14, 1992 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS HELPING REPLACE A DRYER BASKET THE BASKET SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS POSITIONING OVER BOLT HOLES MASHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER TIP.

March 10, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELLING MUD FROM DOZER TRACKS-PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

December 2, 1991 WV · Coal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER LIFTING AN ACYETLYNE GAS BOTTLE ONTO A CAR TO TRANSFORT UNGERGROUND.

November 18, 1991 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING A SHIELD FROM A BELT DRIVE THE SHIELD SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB. STRAIN RIGHT THUMB.

September 17, 1991 WV · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLOSING THE HOOD OF HIS MACK TRUCK.CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER ON THE MACK BULLDOG EMBLEM.LACERATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHICH WAS CLOSED WITH SUTURES.

December 20, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE SHOVELING A CONVEYOR BELT.

October 18, 1990 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE USE OF HIS RIGHT ARM BENDING ROOF BOLTS STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW.

August 28, 1990 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SPROCKET CHAIN GUARD SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON SPROKECT-STRUCK HIS RIGHT THUMB.

August 13, 1990 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OX BOTTLE ON BED OF TRUCK, STRAINED BACK

July 31, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT GUARDS. GUARD FELL OVER AND PINNED RIGHT ARM AGAINST H-BEAM.

August 21, 1989 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING IN MUD AND LIFTING, THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE AGGRAVATED A PREVIOUS BACK CONDITION. THE INJURED HAS DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS OF THE SPINE.

July 25, 1988 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS REPAIRING HOIST CHAIN THAT CONTROLS UP & DOWN DIRECTION OF TWIST MOTOR OF OVER-BURDEN DRILL. WHILE HE WAS WORKIING ON CHAINS ONEOF CHAINS BROKE FREE & FELL AS EMPL HAD HOLD OF IT. ACTION OF CHAIN FALLING AROUND HIS HAND RESULTED IN AMPUTATION OF LEFT THUMB.

April 20, 1988 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

WHILE REPLACING A BROKEN BELT ON THE REFUSE ACCELERATOR AT THE TRUCK BIN AND EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE BELT BEING REPLACED AND THE PULLEY THIS ACTION RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE FIRST JOINT OF THE THUMB.

August 8, 1986 WV · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYE9 ALONG WITH A HELPER WAS IN THE ACT OF LOADING A SMALL CONTAINER OF GREASE INOT THE BED OF THE MECHANICS TRUCK THE CONTAINER OF GREASE SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE LEFT HAND OF THE INJURED EMPLOY9E

August 4, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 PULLING ON THE STARTING ROPE OF A SMALL GASOLINE ENGINE 8 HP WHEN HE STATED THAT HE FELT A PAIN IN THE SMALL OF HIS BACK.

March 6, 1986 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING O3 A FINAL DRIVE FOR A DOZER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A HEAVY PART OF THE DRIVE, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

December 26, 1984 WV · Coal cutting machine operator, ripper, universal operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shrewsbury Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON THE CUTTING MACHINE CALLE

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