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May 25, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A SCOOP BATTERY AND FRAME WHILE REPLACING SAID BATTERY.

May 24, 1995 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GLUE IN SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK.

May 22, 1995 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BELT STAND & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN

May 19, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PUTTING CANOPY ON BOLT MACHINE & FELT STINGING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

April 12, 1995 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

April 7, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER WHILE WALKING THROUGH A SWAG AND HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL 7-20-95.

February 20, 1995 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

CUT FINGER THUMB WHILE CHANGING SPRINGS ON LOCOMATIVE.

February 9, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CUT FOREMAN ON PIECE OF ROCK.

January 17, 1995 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER WHILE HANDLING MATERIALS.

January 7, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP AN OXYGEN CYLINDER. AS HE LIFTED, EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

December 21, 1994 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY 4" WATER LINE WHILE PREPARING TO DISASSEMBLE SAID WATER LINE.

December 16, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AREA.

November 30, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

HE STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER WHILE LOADING CONCRETE BLOCKS ONTO HIS SCOOP.

November 15, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF 4 INCH PLASTIC WATER LINE.

November 11, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CRIB BLOCKS ON BELT LINE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND RAIL STRUCTURE.

November 2, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE CUT HIS LEFT HAND ON THE CABLE HANGER OF MBC.

October 25, 1994 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED STATED THAT HE CUT HIS FINGER WHILE HANDING A TOP ROLLER TO BE INSTALLED ON A BELT CONVEYOR.

October 9, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE CUT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A STEEL STRAP.

October 1, 1994 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN TWO BELT STANDS

September 16, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUT HIS FINGER WHILE CHANGING OUT ROLLERS ON THE BELTLINE.

September 9, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STRUCK ON THE NOSE BY A CHAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE CONTINUOUS MINER.

September 9, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

September 6, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE STATED THAT WHILE LOADING BOXES OF GLUE, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 31, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEGES THAT HE HURT HIS BACVK CARRYING A BOX OF MINER BITS.

August 22, 1994 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

August 12, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

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

August 11, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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.

July 26, 1994 KY · Coal supply man, nipper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

July 22, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

July 16, 1994 KY · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

June 16, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

May 21, 1994 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED STATED THAT HE CUT HIS RIGHT HAND AS HE PUT TH EPOWDER IN ON A SPLITTER BOX.

May 20, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE DROPPED A SCOOP EJECTOR JACK ON HIS RIGHT LEG WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT LEG.

May 13, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

April 24, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SAID RUST POPPED INTO HIS EYE AROUND THE SIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON FLOOR BAR GRATING.

April 11, 1994 KY · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 4-11-94 HE SAID THAT HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE UNLOADING TRACK MATERIAL.

March 31, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

March 14, 1994 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

February 16, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A POT ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE GATHERING ARM & THE FRAME.

February 7, 1994 KY · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS HE WAS MOVING A CONCRETE BLOCK, HE MASHED HISFINGER BETWEEN THE CONCRETE BLOCK AND A BLOCK OFCOAL. THIS CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

December 21, 1993 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE PLACED HIS HAND OVER THE SCOOP BUCKET TO BALANCE HIMSELF, WHICH RESULTED IN A CUT AND MASHED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

November 21, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM #12 HEADDRIVE AND CUT HIS LEG ON THE HEADDRIVE GUARD.

November 2, 1993 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE;'S HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BELT ROLLER AND STAND WHILE MAKING A BELT SET UP.

October 25, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE PICKED UP A COME-A-LONG.

October 15, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE CLAIMS THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE PULLED THE COLLECTION PAN OUT FROM THE PLANT VACUM CLEANER

October 11, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS CUT WHEN THE BELT STRUCTURE RAIL STRUCK HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

September 12, 1993 KY · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by powered moving object

HE TOLD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT HE HURT HIS BAKC AS HE TRIED TO LIFT A ROCK OUT OF HIS SCOOP BUCKET.

September 10, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE PULLED A BELT PIN & STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE BRIDGE CARRIER.

August 29, 1993 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Struck by flying object

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.

August 28, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leeco Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

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