Interstate Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRICAL WIRES THROUGH CONDUIT WITH LIMITED ACCESS, REQUIRING A SIDE PULL MOTION STARINED MUSCLES IN BACK AREA.
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March 29, 1989
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING SHEET METAL SIDING TO BE SCREWED INTO PLACE. SHEET SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEE'S GRASP, STRIKING AND LACERATING LEFT WRIST.
September 19, 1988
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING THE CRUSHER CHUTE DOOR WHEN HIS BACK STARTING HURTING HIM.
August 4, 1988
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AS HE WAS PULLING A "TRAMP" METAL MAGNET AWAY FROM A BELT HEAD IN ORDER TO CLEAN IT, THE PULLEY CAME OFF THE MAGNET AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST, WHICH BRUISED HIS CHEST. THE BUISE SEEMED TO B E UNIMPORTANT AT THAT TIME ON 5-27-88, BUT HE LATER HAD A LUMP COME UP WHICH A DOCTOR LOOKED AT AND REMOVED ON 8-4-88. (LUMP WAS BLOOD CLOT).
May 17, 1988
KY · Coal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
AS HE WAS INSTLLING COUPLERS ON A PIPE, HE BENT OVER THE PIPE AND HIS KNEE WENT OUT OF JOINT.
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