INJURED WAS HANDLING A VENTILATION CURTAIN WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
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Showing 50 of 74CLAIMAINT STATED HE WAS PUTTING THE TROLLEY POLE OF #34 BUS ON THE TROLLEY WIRE & FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS HELPING SET A WOOD CROSSBAR AND FELT A BURNING IN HIS RIGHT ARM AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RELAY BARS AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
SHE WAS CARRYING BAGS OF CEMENT (60-80 LB BAGS). SHE WAS GOING TO MAN DOOR (3' X 5'). SHE WAS TWISTING TO GO THRU DOOR AND FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK.
MAN WAS UNLOADING SUPPLIES OUT OF AN ENDLOADER BUCKET, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK AND GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE ALONG THE BELT & STRAINED HIS BACK.
HE WAS CARRYING A 7" X 9" X12' WOODEN BAR ON HISLEFT SHOULDER WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. HE STATED HE WAS HURTING IN HIS JOINT WHILE CARRYING BEAM.
WAS DRAGGING 1 1/2 INCH WATER HOSE IN BASEMENTS OF FINE COAL PLANT AND STATES HE HURT HIS BACK. I TALKED TO INJURED AT 1530 HRS ON 4-16-93 AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE DR WAS GOING TO RUN AN MRI O N IT AT 2130 HRS 4-6-93.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING BAGS OF ROCKDUST OFF SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS CHECKING SUMP PUMP AT 6D HEAD HE BENT DOWN & PICKED UP THE DC 3HP PUMP WITH HIS LEFT HANDPUMP IS SMALL & LIGHT WHEN HE DID HE LIFTED & FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT LOWER BACK EE WAS BENT OVER WITH KNEES FLEXED PUMP WAS IN MUD EE CONTINUED TO WORK
INJURED WAS REMOVING BELT CLAMP FROM NO. 4 BELT WHEN THE TOP PART OF CLAMP FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SEALING THE BLOCKS AROUND THE 6D TRACK DOORS SAID HIS RT SHOULDER & ELBOW BECAME SORE
EE WAS LIFTING CABLE WHEN SHE FELT A STRAIN IN HER NECK EE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL FEB 9 93 AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS OF THAT SAME DATE.
LOADING BELT SPLICER INTO MANTRIP, IT FLEW BACK HITTING PAT ON LEFT KNEE KNOCKING HIKM DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT A TRACK RAIL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING GUARD ON BELT DRIVE AND GUARD FELL ON RIGHT THUMB LACERATING THUMB.
INJURED WAS LIFTING ON A LOWBOY TONGUE TO HOOK TO THE HOIST CAR. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. INJURED DID NOT MIS ANY DAYS OF WORK OR RECEIVE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 05/20/93 AT THIS TIME THE OCCURENCE BECAME REPORTABLE.
WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE AND FELT PAIN IN RIGHT GROIN.
INJURED WAS PUTTING UP CABLE BLOCKS AND WAS LIFTING A 4 INCH BOLT WITH THREE CABLE BLOCKS ON IT AND FELT A PAIN IN GROIN.
WAS HANDING SHEETING UP TO FELLOW WORKER WHEN SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN LOWER BACK.
39639NG RAIL IN DEEP MUD STRAINED LOWER LEFT BACK. LIFTING OF BENT OVER BECAUSE OF DEEP MUD AND WATER. FELT PULL- CONTINUED WORKING SHIFT IN PAIN.
95149ED WAS GETTING CABLE OFF SIDE OF MINER AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY WIRE ROPE WHEN CHAIN ANCHORING SWIVEL WHEEL BROKE. 60 INCH CONVEYOR BELT WAS BEING INSTALLED AND 48" CONVEYOR BELT REMOVED FROM WEST MAIN #3 MAIN BELT LINE. MEDICAL ATTE NTION ONLY. 6 SUTURES ABOVE LEFT EYE. NO DAYS LOST DUE TO ACCIDENT.
95149ED WAS LOADING GLUE IN SUPPLY YARD AND HE TWISTED AROUND AND HURT HIS BACK.
HE WAS DRILLING A 3/4" CHAIN AND SAID WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
INDIVIDUAL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING METAL BEAM WITH TORCH. WHEN HE HAD HELPER TRY TO TURN BEAM ON CAR TO CUT OTHER SIDE, CAUSING BEAM TO SLIDE OFF CAR ONTO HIS FOOT. HIT HIM ON INSTEP OF RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A FRACTURE.
INJURED WAS HELPING ON THE CONTINUOUS MINER HANDLING CABLE.HE WORKED THE SECOND PART TOF THE SHIFT.AT THE END OF THE SHIFT,HE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN.
I.NAME WORKING ON UNDERGROUND GOLF CART FOR TRAVEL AND PICKED UP A CRIB BLOCK STRAINING LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A 30 INCH SECTION OF BELT TO BE INSTALLED IN NO 2 BELTLINE HE TWISTED TO H IS RT WHILE PULLING BELT & STRAINED HIS BACK
LOADING ROCK DUST ON SCOOP STEPPED OFF PULLD MUSCLE PAIN IN GROIN AREA
EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING & LOWERING RAILS OF 60" STURCTURE. DURING THIS PROCESS A TOP STRUCTURE WHICH HAD THE BOLTS REMOVED FELL BETWEEN THE RAKS AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT. STRUCTURE WAS BEING DISASSEMBLED AND LOADED ON TO FLAT CAR.
WATCHING ELECTRICIAN WORK ON SHUTTLE CAR AND PUT HAND ON FRAME OF SHUTTLE CAR AND BAR FELL STRIKING LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND AND FRACTURED 1ST JOINT OF LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT IN TOP STRUCTURE AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE BELT RAIL AND THE ROLLER. CAUSING A BRUISE AND SWELLING TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. POSSIBLE FRACTURE TO THE LEFT #2 AND #3 FINGER.
EE WAS UNLOADING 3X8 BOARDS FROM THE SCOOP ONTO THE ATRS ON THE ROOF BOLTER. HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER BETWEEN ATRS AND BOARD CUTTING FINGER. 7 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED NO LOST DAYS MEDICAL ATTENTION CASE ONLY.
PUT ON BRACKET THE JACK FELL STRUCK ON L SIDE OF FACE AND TEMPLE AREA
EMPLOYEE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT OR MISS ANY DAYS UNTIL 11-20-90.AT THIS TIME OCCURRENCE WAS REPORTABLE.
SPILLAGE OF COAL HAD OCCURRED BEHIND THE CONTINUOUS MINER ON TOP OF THE CABLE. THE CABLE WAS REMOVED FROM UNDER THE SPILLAGE AND WAS BEING HUNG TO AID IN CLEANING OF THE SPILLAGE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TYING THE CABLE UP OUT OF ROADWAY WITH A PIECE OF WIRE, WHEN THE END OF THE WIRE STRUCK
WHILE TAKING A COAL SAMPLE FROM THE TOP OF A RAILROAD CAR, INJURED BACK WHILE SHOVELING SAMPLE. COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING JACK PIN IN MINER EMP LAID PC OF ROUND STEEL DOWN OUT OF HIS WAY FELT MUSCLE PULL
EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING OUT ACCUMULATIONS OF COAL FROM THE WEST MAINS #2 TAIL PIECE WITH A FIRE HOSE. THE NOZZLE BLEW OFF THE END OF THE FIRE HOSE. THE HOSE THEN FLEW LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT ANKLE CAUSING A LACERATION. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS WORK. MEDICAL
CLIMBED ON TOP OF JOY MINER INTO CONVY BOOM SECTION LOOKING FOR HEAD HINDGE PIN ATTEMPTED TO LIFT LID TO LOOK FOR PIN. WAS ON KNEES BACK STRAIGHT & ATTEMPTED TO LIFT WITH LT ARM HAD SEVERE PAI N IN LOWER BACK & COULD NOT MOVE.
HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER STOMACH AREA AND A LARGE KNOT APPEARED. THIS HAPPENED AFTER HE PUT A 2 TON SET OF CHAIN FALLS ABOVE HIS HEAD.
INJURY DUE TO AGGRAVATION OF PREVIOUS INJURY DATED 02-20-90 IN THE EMPLOYEES WORKING ENVIRONMENT.PREVIUOS INJURY OCCURRED WHEN EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CARRY A METAL WHEEL THAT HAD BROKEN OFF FROM A LOWBOY.CAR USED TO TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INTO AND FROM THE MINES.
INDIVIDUAL WAS CARRYING CRIBS WHEN ONE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. NOTE* EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK OR GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 6/11/90. AT THIS TIME INJURY BECAME RE PORTABLE.
VICTIM WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE RIPPER MOTOR OUT OF WALKWAY AND WAS PULLING AND PUSHING. HE PULLED SOMETHING IN THE GROIN AREA ON RIGHT SIDE.
8 FOOT 3" X 8" BOARDS WERE BEING SHOVED THROUGH A 8" X 16" HOLE IN STOPPING. ONE OF THE BOARDS CANTILEVERED, DUE TO UNBALANCE IN WEIGHT. RESULT WAS EMPLOYEES LEFT RING FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEE N BOARD AND STOPPING.
WORKER DROPPED A PIECE OF STEEL BEAM ON HIS RIGHT FOOT. BONE WAS FRACTURED. Y
LIFTING SCTION OF BELT WHEN FELT SHARP PAIN INLOER BACK
BRUISED INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND LOADING BOX OF PARTS ON TOOL CAR END TRACK 3 NORTH CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BOX AND FRAME OF TOOL CAR. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING UNTIC 7/08/90. DURING TIME PERIOD FROM 4/11/90 TO 7/8/90 EMPLOYEE'S FINGER NAIL FELL OFF AND GREW BACK DOWN INTO FINGER. THE NAIL WAS REMOVED 7/9/90. THIS OCCURRENCE DID NOT BECAME REPORTABLE UNTIL THIS TIME 7/9/90.