EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SCOOP BATTERY AND FRAME WHILE REPLACING SAID BATTERY.
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Showing 50 of 251EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GLUE IN SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BELT STAND & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN
EE WAS PUTTING CANOPY ON BOLT MACHINE & FELT STINGING IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE HURT HIS KNEE WHEN HE TURNED AROUND WHILE UNDERGORUND WORKING ON CONTINUOUS MINER (NOTE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO ME UNTIL 08-14-95) FILLED OUT FIRST REPORT ON 08-16 -95 SURGERY ON 08-18-9 5
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER WHILE WALKING THROUGH A SWAG AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 7-20-95.
CUT FINGER THUMB WHILE CHANGING SPRINGS ON LOCOMATIVE.
EMPLOYEE CUT FOREMAN ON PIECE OF ROCK.
EE SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER WHILE HANDLING MATERIALS.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP AN OXYGEN CYLINDER. AS HE LIFTED, EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY 4" WATER LINE WHILE PREPARING TO DISASSEMBLE SAID WATER LINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AREA.
HE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER WHILE LOADING CONCRETE BLOCKS ONTO HIS SCOOP.
EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF 4 INCH PLASTIC WATER LINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CRIB BLOCKS ON BELT LINE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND RAIL STRUCTURE.
EE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE CABLE HANGER OF MBC.
INJURED STATED THAT HE CUT HIS FINGER WHILE HANDING A TOP ROLLER TO BE INSTALLED ON A BELT CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A STEEL STRAP.
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TWO BELT STANDS
EE CUT HIS FINGER WHILE CHANGING OUT ROLLERS ON THE BELTLINE.
EE WAS STRUCK ON THE NOSE BY A CHAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER.
EE SAID HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A SHOVEL LOADED WITH COAL. EE DID NOT MISS NAY WORK SHIFTS BECAUSE OF THIS CLAIM UNTIL 11-16-94 WHENHE SAID HE COULD NO LONGER WORK BE CAUSE OF HIS BACK PAIN.
HE STATED THAT WHILE LOADING BOXES OF GLUE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE ALLEGES THAT HE HURT HIS BACVK CARRYING A BOX OF MINER BITS.
ACCORDING TO MR. SIZEMORE, HE STRWINED HIS BACK AS HE WAS CARRYING SCAFFOLD LADDER DOWN STEPS. MR. SIZEMORE SAID IT SLIPPED AND AS HE CAUGHT IT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE SAID HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A LIFT JACK ON THE MINER WHEN HE DROPPED THE JACK ON HIS FINGER THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER
INJURED STATED THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON CABLES ON 7-28-94, BUT INJURED SAID THE BACK STRAIN DID NOT CAUSE HIM TO LOOSE WORK TIME UNTIL 8-11-94.
INJURED SAID HE CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN A MAN DOOR AND A TRUCK FLATBED AS HE WAS LOADING THE MANDOOR ON THE TRUCK BED.
EE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROOF AND A PIECE OF ROCK AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE ROCK OFF THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON TO THE MINE FLOOR.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT LEG BY 6' LONG PIECE OF 8" DIAMETER PIPE AS HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE PIPE.
INJURED STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING A 40 LB BAG OF ROCK DUST WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTIN GON 6-16-94. INJURED CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL 7-13-94. HE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 7-13-94 BECAUSE OF H IS BACK INJURY CLAIM.
INJURED STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AS HE PUT TH EPOWDER IN ON A SPLITTER BOX.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE DROPPED A SCOOP EJECTOR JACK ON HIS RIGHT LEG WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT LEG.
EE SAID THAT HE KNEELED DOWN IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE BOTTOM OF NUMBER 5 BELT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STAND BACK UP BECAUSE HIS LEFT KNEE LOCKED UP.
EE SAID RUST POPPED INTO HIS EYE AROUND THE SIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON FLOOR BAR GRATING.
ON 4-11-94 HE SAID THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE UNLOADING TRACK MATERIAL.
ME HUBBARD SAID THAT HIS BACK & LEG STARTED HURTING WHILE WORKING ON 2-233-94. ACCORDING TO MR. HUBBARD, HIS FAMILY DOC. DIAG. A STRAINED HIP AND THEN CHANGED HIS DIAG. IN MARCH TO A BACK INJ URY, AFTER ORDERING AN MRI. MR. HUBBARD WENT HOME ON 3-31-94 BECAUSE HE SAID HIS BACK WAS CONTINUING TO HURT AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN HE WOULD BE ABLE TO RETURN.
E SAID THAT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN TEHCOAL RIB AND TOP BLET ROLLER, WHEN HE THREW A LOOSE TOP BELT ROLLR LYING ON THE MINE FLOOR TOWARDS THE COAL RIB. HE CUT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A POT ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GATHERING ARM & THE FRAME.
AS HE WAS MOVING A CONCRETE BLOCK, HE MASHED HISFINGER BETWEEN THE CONCRETE BLOCK AND A BLOCK OFCOAL. THIS CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
HE PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE SCOOP BUCKET TO BALANCE HIMSELF, WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT AND MASHED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM #12 HEADDRIVE AND CUT HIS LEG ON THE HEADDRIVE GUARD.
EMPLOYEE;'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BELT ROLLER AND STAND WHILE MAKING A BELT SET UP.
HE CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A COME-A-LONG.
EE CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE PULLED THE COLLECTION PAN OUT FROM THE PLANT VACUM CLEANER
EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CUT WHEN THE BELT STRUCTURE RAIL STRUCK HIS LEFT RING FINGER.
HE TOLD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HE HURT HIS BAKC AS HE TRIED TO LIFT A ROCK OUT OF HIS SCOOP BUCKET.
EMPLOYEE PULLED A BELT PIN & STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE BRIDGE CARRIER.
EMPLOYEE SAID THAT A NYLON ROPE, BEING USED TO PULL A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT, SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER A RAIL LOCOMOTIVE PULL PIN AND STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.
EE STATED THAT HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN A HEADDRIVE BOOM AND FRAME, WHILE HELPING TO PUT A BULL GEAR ON A HEADDRIVE POWER ROLLER.