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April 4, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING AROUND TAILGATE OF TRUCK,MED SLIPPED CATCHING HAND AND SHOVEL CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST HIS BACK.

February 6, 1989 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS SICK WITH THE FLU THE WEEK OF 01-30=89-02-03-89.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR THIS CONDITION ON 02-02-89 BUT WORKED ON 02-03-89.MONDAY 02-06-89 HIS DOCTOR CALLED ASKING IF HE SHO ULD TREAT THE EMPLOYEE FOR A BACK INJURY,THE DOCTOR WAS INFORMED TO TREAT HIM IF HE HAD ALLEGED HE HAD RECEIVED AN INJURY,HOWEVER,WE HAD NOT REPORT OF AN EVENT.THE EMPLOYEE CALLED THURSDAY 02

October 3, 1988 VA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS PUTTING UP VINYL SHADE EMPL HIT HER HAND AGAINST METAL BRACKET THAT SECURES SHADE IN PLACE RESULTING IN CUT TO RIGHT THUMB.

April 28, 1988 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD GONE TO THE LOADOUT TO PICKUP COAL SAMPLES. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE LOADOUT DOOR, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, PUSHED THE DOOR AT THE SAME TIME FROM THE OTHER SIDE CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT HIM ON THE THUMB RESULTING IN A CHIP FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT THUMB.

November 23, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL REPAIRING 9OTARY BREAKER,GUARD FELL ON EMPL LEFT LEG CAUSING SERIOUS BRUISES TO HIS LEG.

August 3, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG REPAIRS TO COAL DRYER. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED UP AND STRUCK A PIPE WITH HIS HARD HAT JAMMING HIS NECK.

May 19, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A SIEVE SCREEN,AFTER CLIMBING UP BESIDE THE SIEVE BOX TO TURN THE SCREEN HE TWISTED AROUND AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.EMPLOYEE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A DISLOCA7ED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

May 8, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS IS A REOCC6RRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 12-9-86, WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY IN A ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER WHE N HE LIFTED THE3BATTERY ONTO THE ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 4-2087 AND WORKED UNTIL 5-8-87.

April 27, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG A DRYER WEAR PLATE WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON BOTH HIS FEET TURNING BOTH ANKLES OVER BUT ONLY INJURING RT ANKLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ABRASION AND CONTUSION

March 19, 1987 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL PREPARING 8URFACE FOR PAINTING WHEN PIECE OF RUST STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.EMPL WENT TO DR THE NEXT DAY DURING WORKING HOURS AND HAD THE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE UNDER TOPICAL ANE STHESIA. 3

January 30, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING3TO UNSTOP A SLURRY LINE GOING FGROM SEPARATOR. THE LINE BECAME UNSTOPPED CAUSING SLURRY TO BE SPLASHED INTO EMP RT EYE. EMP IMMEDIATELY WASHED HIS EYE OUT WHEN THE ACCIDENT HA HAPPENED. EMPLO2EES EYE CONTINUED TO HURT OVER THE WEEKEND HE WENT TO THE DR ON MONDAY 020287

December 9, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BATTERIES IN A ROCK TRUCK. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFTED THE BATTERY UP TO EMPLOYEE, WHO LIFTED THE BATTERY UP ONTO THE TRUCK AND THEN MOVED BATTERY INTO PL ACE. WHILE LIFT3NG THE BATTERY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER.

September 8, 1986 VA · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELIN1 SLUDGE FROM A SCREEN UNDER THE REFUSE BELT & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. RESULTING IN AN ACUTE LUMBAR RADICULAR SYNDROME OF L-4 & L-5.

May 23, 1986 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A DRILL PRESS DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STEPS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE PREP PLANT AFTER EMPLOYEE REACHED THE OUTSIDE HE FELT HIS ARM HURTING WHICH RESULTED IN A SPRAIN OF THE RT EL BOW EMPLOYEE DI8 NOT GO THE DR UNTIL 5-27-86

May 19, 1986 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO LOAD 8D BATTERIES THAT THEY WERE TAKING TO BOOST A BACKHOE AT THE LUKE PREPARATION PLANT WHILE LIFTING THE BATTERIES ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE RUPTURED HIS L2WER RT ABDOMEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR ON 3-20

March 27, 1986 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO LOAD DRYER PARTS, USED IN THE PREPARATION P ANT, ONTO A SUPPLY TRUCK. WHILE LIFTING THE PARTS THEEMPLOYEE HURT HISRIGHT SIDE REULTING IN STR ETCHED STOMACH 4USCLES. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL APRIL 18,1986 WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER REALIZING THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING BETTER AND HE WAS IN PAIN.

February 24, 1986 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING AND CHECKING SHELVES GETTING READY FOR INVENTORY WHEN SHE PUSHED A PILLOW BLOCK WITH HER RT FOOT ON THE SHELF THE BEARING SLID FASTER THAN SHE EXPECTED CAUSING HER TO HIT HER RT KNEE AG5INST THE SHELF THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN AND SPRAIN TO RT LEG

February 10, 1986 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 INSTALLING A NEW BATTERY INTO A 773-B ROCK TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE WAS LIFTING THE BATTERY INTO THE TRUCK.

January 9, 1986 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE PREPARATION PLANT, WHILE LIFTING SOME HEAVY OBJECTS. I NAME HURT LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS STOMACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN INGUINAL HERNIA. HE DID NOT MI SS ANY WORK TIL3HE ENTERED THE HOPSITAL ON JAN 20 1986 FOR SURGERY TO HAVE THE INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIRED.

September 27, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNRAVELLING A DRILL CHAIN THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE DRILL HEAD.THE CHAIN SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT JAW BONE.

June 29, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING POWDER MAGIZINES WHEN THE MAGAZINE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING THE CABLE OF THE WINCH TO STRIKE THE LEGS OF EMP KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK AND OVER THE HILL

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