EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A LOCOMOTIVE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE TROLLY POLE AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
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Showing 50 of 1,232EMPLOYE STATED: HE WAS LIFTING A COVER PLATE DOOR ON THE DRYER CYCLONE IN ORDER TO FINISH WASHING DOWN THE DRYER AREA.
EE STATED HE WAS ASSISTING INSTALLING TIMBERSS FOR A BREAKER LINE, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN REGION. EE HAD JUST RETURNED TO WORK ON 4/17/98 FROM A NONWORK RELATED HERNIA OPERATION. PAI N OCCURRED IN EXACT LOCATION OF HERNIA REPAIR PREVIOUSLY CORRECTED. NOTE: EE STARTED MISSING WORK 0N 5/11/98
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING LOAD A ELECTRIC MOTOR INTO SUPPLY JEEP. WHILE PUSHING ON THE MOTOR IT ROLLED OVER CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND FRAME OF JEEP.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS WALKING BELTLINE WHEN HE TRIED TO MOVE A ROCK DUST HOSE FROM WALKWAYWIHT HIS FOOT. WHILE KICKING ON.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP TRASH ALONG THE SUPPLY TRACK WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A CAN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS PULLING ON FIRE HOSE TO HOOK TO 1 RAW COAL LINE. WHILE PULLING ON THE HOSE HE EXPERIENCED PAN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PULL POWER CABLE FROM TRACK ENTRY TO BELTLINE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS HELPING DISASSEMBLE A CONTINIOUS MINER. WHILE REACHING UNDER THE BOOM TO REMOVE A COTTER KEY WHEN THE BOOM CAME DOWN STRIKING INJURED FORCING HIM TO THE PAVEMENT.
EE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL ONTO BELT,AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS SHOVELING LOOSE COAL AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE PULLED HIS ARM & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. THIS ACCIDENT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION & WAS NOT DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL /26/98.
CHAIN BROKE WHILE LIFTING COUNTERWEIGHT, AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN RIBS IN BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HANGING A VENTILATION TUBEWHEN ONE OF THE TUBES FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING TO CARRY AND LOAD MONI RAILS INTO BATTERY SCOOP WHEN HE EXPERINCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.
EE STATED HE JERKED ON WASH DOWN HOSE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. THE WAS DOWN HOSE WAS HUNG WHEN HE JERKED ON IT CAUSING A SPRAIN/ TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SHOVELING BELT AT NO. 78 BLOCK ON THE 1 WEST MAINS BELT. WHILE LIFTING A SHOVEL OF MATERIAL UP ONTO THE BELT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE STATED HE WAS UNLOADING 6" STEEL PIPE FROM A 4-WHEEL CART. WHEN HE PUSHED THE PIPE OFF, IT LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SANDING ON A BELT ROLLER SHAFT AND WOODEN BLOCK FELL OUT ALLOWING THE WOODEN BLOCK TO FALL ON HIS FINGER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE AND WATER HOSE OUT OF CABLE HANGER WHEN THE CABLE DROPPED STRIKING HIM ON LEFT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE TOOK HIS LEFT FOOT TO MOVE FEEDER CABLE FROM ROADWAY AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE PICKING UP HIS TOOL BAG HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHILE LIFTING ON PIECE OF BELT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THEY WERE REMOVING A HYDRAULIC JACK ATTHE AUGER BUILDING. INJURED STATED WHEN HE UNHOOKED THE BUCK HEAD FITTING THE JACK FELL OFF THE HOPPER STRIKING HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LACER ATION.
EE STATED: HE WAS TURNING THE WHEEL FOR EMERGENCY HOIST WITH THE WEIGHT TEST WHEN HE EXPERIENCEDPAIN IN HIS STOMACH. (EE STARTED MISSING WORK 12/19/97)
CLAIMS TO HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A 48" BELT ROLLER INTO JEEP.
EE STATED ON 8/27/97 WHEN HE REPORTED ACCIDENT THAT ON 8/22/97 HE APPARENTLY GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE. HE MAY HAVE RUBBED HIS EYE WITH GLOVED HAND. HIS DUTIES THAT DAY WAS BOLTING ROO F ON ROOF FALL ON OUTBY END OF FALL.
THE EE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS LIFTING A FEEDER CABLE ON 8-11-97 AND THE NEXT SHIFT CALLED TO INFORM US THAT HE HAD SUSTAINED A HERNIA TO HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN. WE WERE NOTIFIED ON 8-21-97 THAT T HE DR. HAS RULED THIS AN INJURY.
EE STATED HE LIFTED A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED HE WAS WORKING WITH A CO WORKER TO REMOVE A BELT ROLLER, HE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF THE ROLLER WHEN THE CO WORKER DROPPED HIS END AND MASHED HIS FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS WORKING ON THE BRAKES ON THE MCMCO MAN BUS AND AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING THE MAN BUS HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. *NOTE EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 11-5-97 DUE TO T HIS ACCIDENT.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING LIFT MINER CABLE AND WATER HOSE UP INTO CABLE HANGER WHEN HE EXPERINCED PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNLOADING TRACK RAILS FROM CAR WHEN HE PICK UP ON A RAIL THE RAIL SLID FORWARD CATCHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN TO RAIL AND CAR.
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS GOING TO CLEAN OUT TH EFLOOR DRAIN AT THE DUST COLLECTOR, WHEN HE LIFTED THE GRATING IT FELL BACK DOWN CAUSING A CUT ON HIS LEFT HAND MIDDLLE FINGER.
EE STATAED HE WAS LIFTING A 6" X 8" X 16" WOODEN HEADER & CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN HEADER & SUPPLY CAR.
EE STATED HE WAS LOADING A 6" X 8" X 8' WOODEN TIMBER INTO MINE CAR & FELT A PAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS GROIN AREA.
WHILE LIFTING "PILLOW BLOCK" BEARING INTO WHEELBARROW, EE SAYS THAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. STARTED MISSING TIME 3/26.
EE STATED: HE PICKED UP ON OMEGA BLOCK & FELT PAIN FROM THE TOP OF HIS SHOULDER TO THE TIP OF HIS FINGER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING STRAIGHTEN UP A CEMENT BLOCK STOPPING WHEN A BLOCK FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE CHEST.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING A SHIELD RELAY BARINTO SCOOP BUCKET. WHILE LIFTING & PULLING ON THE RELAY BAR HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS REMOVING A BOTTOM ROLLER FROM THE BELT, THE ROLLER FELL AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE MINE FLOOR.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS LAYING CEMENT BLOCKS FROM A KNEELED POSITION. AFTER FINISHING THE JOB HE TRIED TO STRIGHTEN UP WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE OFF OF MINER CANOPY ON MINER & WAS PLACING CLOSER TO ROOF BOLTER WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMP SAID HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN SIDE THROWING BELT STRUCTURE UNDER THE BELT.
EE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A PROP SETTER ROOF SUPPORT POST WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS HELPING CLEAN OUT A PLUGGED DISCHARGE LIEN AND A SUMP PUMP. HE STATED HE WAS HOLDING THE LINE AND FELT PAIN IN HISI RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMP STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A FLYTE PUMP AT THE BELT TAIL. STATED HE WAS TRYING TOREMOVE MATERIAL FROM AROUND THE PUMP AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PULL HOSES THROUGH STOPPING WHEN THE HOSES GOT CAUGHT CAUSING HIM TO JERK HIS SHOULDER.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO SCOOP BUCKET. WHILE REACHING OUT TO REMOVE A PIECE OF STRUCTURE, HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK
EMP ALLEGES THAT WHILE CLEANING A 4" HEADER PIPETHAT FEEDS MAG SEPERATOR #181 HE CUT HIS LEFT HAND. STATED THE BOLT HE WAS USING GOT CAUGHT ON THE MAG DRUM AND WHEN HE TRIED TO PULL IT OUT IT PULLED HIS HAND AGAINST LIP OF WATER BOX. WOUND REQUIRED 5 SUTURES.