EE HELPIGN LOAD ALUMINUM PIPE ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK. THEY HAD BROKEN DOWN THE PIPE INTO 20' JOINTS AND CARRYING THEM TO THE TRUCK TO LOAD. EMPLLOYEE FIRST FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER WHEN HE W AS PULLING PIPE THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND DOORWAY. THIS BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED 5-7-97.
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Showing 50 of 84EMPLOYEE STATES SHE WAS USING A JACK TO BURST OFF LARGE PIECES OF COAL AND SHOVELING COAL ONTO THE BELT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 2-3 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT AROUND 7:00PM. HE WAS STACKING CRIBS, MOVING HOOKS, AND WORKING IN FRONT OF THE SHIELDS WHILE THEY WERE BEING MOVED OUT, AND THAT SUCH EVENTS LED TO HIS STRAINING HIS LOW BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 7-10 DAYS.
EMP STATES HE WAS HELPING TO CARRY TIMBER INTO THE LONGWALL RETURN. THIS AGGRAVATED HIS EXISTINGHERNIA CONDITION. HE REQUIRED SURGERY 06/23/95 TO REPAIR THE HERNIA IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A COVER ON THE WAGNER TO CHECK THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR TWO WEEKS EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 06-14-95 WHICH IS THE DATE HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY
EE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A STEEL PLATE ONTO THE BACK OF THE WELDING TRUCK AND FELT A SHARP PAIN.FOUR DAYS LATER, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA, WHICH WILL BE REPAIRED WITH SURGERY.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO HELP AN OPERATOR LOAD A DA RAM IN THE BUCKET OF A SCOOP CAR. WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE CAR OPERATOR TO HELP, THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT ONE END OF THE DA ONTO THE ED GE OF THE BUCKET, STRAINING HIS LOW BACK. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 7-10 DAYS.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE HANGING FAN TUBING, THE SAFETY STRAP CAM ELOOSE ALLOWING HT ETUBE TO FALL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A SPRAINED NECK AND WAS ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAY S.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS UNLOADING CRIB BLOCKS FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK. ONE OF THE BLOCKS SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS FALLIN GON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT. THE TOP OF THE FOOT WAS BRUISED AND EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RSTRICTED DUTY FO TWO DAYS.
WHILE REMOVING 1 BELT MOTOR THE BRIDGE PLANK THAT WAS SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTOR CRACKED BROKE CAUSING THE MOTOR TO ROLL AND PIN THE EE S LEFT LEG. THE BONE JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE WAS BR OKE IN TWO PLACES AND EE UNDERWENT SURGERY TO HAVE THE BONE SET AND SCREWED.
AT APPROX 11 AM ON 5-4-94 EMPLOYEE REQUESTED MEDICLA ATTENTION FOR LOW BACK PAIN. HE ADVISED HE STARTED FEELING BACK PAIN THE DAY BEFORE, 5-3-94, AFTE RHANGING MONORAIL AND REMOVING PIPE AT T HE LONGWALL SECTION. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK FOR TWO DAYS FOR LOW BACK STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE SAYS SHE STRAINED HER LOWER BACK LIFTING AND PULLING TUBING THROUGH THE VENTILATION CURTAIN. SHE IS CURRENTLY ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
AS CABLE WAS BEING LIFTED THROUGH KENNEDY STOPPING, EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING CANOFLEX UNDER IT AND GOT HIS FINGERS PINCHED BETWEEN THE CABLE AND ANGLE IRON ON THE STOPPING. THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FI NGER OF HIS LEFT HAND WERE CUT REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
TASKED WITH BUILDING CRIBS EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP BASES FROM THE BUCKET OF THE #5 WAGNER AS HE STEPPED OFF THE BUCKET HOLDING ONE BASE IN HIS HAND HE STRAINED HIS LOW BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE CHANGING OUT A LIGHT BULB, THE BULB BROKE & HE CUT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGE. THE CUT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES. 3
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE LIFTING THE HOSE TO PUT GAS IN THE D9L CAT. HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE MISSED ONE DAY FROM WORK, 5/28/93.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ADVANCING THE VENT TUBE. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING UP TUBING WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING THE SLIDER BACK INTO THE TUBING. A STRAP HOLDING THE TUB ING BROKE AND THE TUBING FELLS TRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE HEAD. JAMMING HIS NECK.
EMPLOYEE WAS STOCKING 5-GAL CANS OF TANNER GAS. UPON COMPLETION HE NOTICED THE REPETITIOUS MOTION CAUSED NUMBNESS IN TWO FINGERS AND THUMB OF HIS RIGHT HAND. HE CONTINUED TO WORK; HOWEVER, HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 3-18-93 AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY WORK ON MONDAY 3-22-93.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING TO REGULATE AIR AT THE FAN BY DROPPING A PIECE OF BELTING. A HOOK HOLDING THE BELTING CAUGHT HIS HAND AT THE WRIST AND HE RECEIVED A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 21 STITCH ES.
EE STATES HE WAS REMOVING SOME MATS FROM THE MAT HANDLER. THEY WERE STUCK, AND WHEN HE PULLED ON THE MATS TO REMOVE THEM, HE STRAINED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
ON 10-15-92 EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO AN ABDOMINAL HERNIA.NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY REPORTED,AND THE CLAIM WAS PROCESSED UNDER SHORT TERM DISABILITY UNTIL A COURT ORDER D ATED 09-13-93 AWARDED THE CLAIM COMPENSABLE.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE RELEASED THE TUBING STRAP TO GET A PIECE OF TUBING TUBING ROLLED AS IT CAME DOWN TWISTING HIS RT WRIST EMPLOYEES RT WRIST WAS SPRAINED & HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY MAY 2-3 1991 HE RETURNED TO HIS REGULAR DUTIES ON 05-06-91 & WAS AGAIN PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY ON 05-07-91
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF ALUMINUM PIPE ACROSS HIS RT SHOULDER END OF THE PIPE GOT STUCK IN ROOF & JOLT SPRAINED HIS RT SHOULDER EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED ON 05-02-91
EMPLOYEE STATES DURING THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYEMENT HE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL BACK INJURIES CAUSED BY HEAVY LIFTING, RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN. EMPLOYEE HAD SURGERY FOR HIS BACK CONDITION ON 10/10/91.
EMPL LIFTING LARGE PIECE OF COAL.AS HE LIFTED,THE COAL BROKE APART CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALANCE.STEPPED BACK TO AVOID FALL CAUSING MUSCLE STRAIN IN GROIN AREA.ON RESTR 2-3 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER HANGING WIRE.AS HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE LADDER,HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO WORK,BUT REQUIRED SURGERY ON NOVEMB ER 7,1990.THE EMPLOYEE MAY BE ABLE TO RETURNED TO RESTRICTED DUTY WORK IN APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH.
FELT PAIN FTER LIFTING DURING SHIFT
EMPL STRAINED LOWER BACK LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE.CONTINUED TO WORK,SOUGHT MED ATTENTION 5-2 ,PLACED ON RESTR DUTY 2 DAYS.RETURNED TO FULL DUTIES 5-7-90.
PROCESS OF SETTING JACK JACK SLIPPED STRIKING TOP OF L FT.
MOVING BOTTLE FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER LIFTED BOTTLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPL STATES THAT ON 3/9 HE STRAINED BACK WHILE ALIGNING MOTOR A& REDUCER ON 3 EAST DRI. EMPL DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 3/12 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. HE RETURNED TO F ULL DUTIES ON 3/19.
ASSISTING EMP INSTALL PIPE STRAINED R SHOULDER NECK AREA
LIFTING AND SETTING BEAMS STRAINED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ASSISTING INSTALLING A 24" TUBE OVER A SLIDER TUBE. HE WAS STANDING UNDERNEATH THE TUBING WHEN THE WIRE BROKE AND THE TUBE FELL DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ASSISTING MOVING THE TAILPIECE. THE STORAGE UNIT WAS NOT FEEDING OUT THE BELT CORRECTLY CAUSING TENSION ON A CHAINS HOLDING THE TAILPIECE. THE CHAINS BROKE ALLOWING THE TAILPIECE TO MOVE FORWARD STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE'S LITTLE TOE ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ASSISTING MOVING THE TAILPIECE. THE STORAGE UNIT WAS NOT FEEDING OUT THE BELT CORRECTLY, CAUSING TENSION ON CHAINS HOLDING THE TAILPIECE. THE CHAINS BROKE ALLOWING THE T AILPIECE TO MOVE FORWARD. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE TAILPIECE AND WAS THROWN OFF INJURING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS LIFTING A PORTABLE WELDER FROM TOP OF POWER CENTER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. HE WAS PRESCRIBED A MUSCLE RELAXER AND MISSED ONE DAY.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS PULLING A DRAWER OUT ON A PARTS CAR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE SUSTAINED A PULLED GROIN MUSCLE AND MISSED THREE SHIFTS.
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE SETTING THE FEEDER BACK TOWARD THE TAILPIECE, HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND CUT HIS RIGHT EAR ON THE EDGE OF THE WIRE MAT WHICH WAS HANGING OVER THE FEEDER. THE CUT REQUIRED SEV EN SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATES SHE STRAINED HER BACK ON 6-9-89 WHILE LIFTING SHIELD VALVE BANKS BACK ONTO THE MOUNTING PLATES. SHE DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT; HOWEVE R, HER CONDITION WORSENED AND ON 8-11-89 THE PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED AT LEAST ONE WEEK OFF WORK WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY.
RE-INJURY OF BACK. EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING OUT TO VEHICLE, HE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 1/9/89, MISSING SIX WORK DAYS. HE CONTINUED TO HAVE BACK PROBLEMS AND HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 5/25/89. AFTER RECEIVING RESULTS OF A CT SCAN, HE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO A BACK SPECIALIST. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME HOW LONG HE WILL BE OFF WORK.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE PUT BOTH HANDS AGAINST KENNEDY DOOR TO OPEN IT AGAINST A LOT OF PRESSURE, AND AS HE PUSHED, HIS LEFT HAND SLIPPED AND MOVED UPWARD, COMING IN CONTACT WITH A METAL STRAP WITH SHARP EDGES, WHICH CUT HIS WRIST. THE CUT REQUIRED 13 STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE STRAINED A GROIN MUSCLE WHILE CARRYING A HEAVY IRON DOOR FRAME.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOOSENING TOP STRUCTURE HARDWARE WHILE STADNING ON A FLATBED THE ROLLER WAS TWISTED IN CABLES AND WHEN THE HARDWARE WAS RELEASED IT SPRUNG AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH CUT TO UPPE LIP REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS DISCONNECTING A DRILL PRESS IN ORDER TO PLUG IN AN EXTENSION CORD. WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE CORD ON THE DRILL PRESS, THERE WAS A SLIVER OF METAL ON THE CORD THAT BECAME E MBEDDED IN HIS FINGER. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO A DOCTOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THE INJURY BECAME INFECTED WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE THE SLIVER OF METAL HIMSELF. DR PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS FOR
EMPLOYEE STATES WHILE HE WAS TAKING ASHOER OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ENGAGED IN HORSEPLAY, THROWING DRY SOAP IN THE AIR SOME OF THE SOAP GOT IN THE EMPLOYEE S EYE CAUSING IRRITATION AND INFLAMMATIO EMPLOYEE MISSED ONE DAY.
LYING UNDER PAN TRYING TO PUT AFC FLIGHT BACK IN ITS GUIDES AND REC STRAIN IN L. ARM DID NOT SEE A DR AT TIME SYMPTOMS CONT TO WORSEN AND SAW DR. ON 12-27-88 FOR FIRST TIME WHILE HE WAS OFF WO RK ON VACATION. 3 DOSES FOR PAIN AND MUSCLE RELAXANT
EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS LIFTING A VALVE BANK FROM THE WALKWAY TO A PLATFORM APPROX. ONE FOOT HIGH AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. AFTER MEDICAL EXAM, EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR A MUSCL E RELAXANT. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF WORK SEPT 22-23 1988.
EMPLOYEE STATES HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOME PAPER TOWELS OFF THE FLOOR. AFTER MEDICAL EXAMINATION, EMPLOYEE WAS PRESCRIBED A MUSCLE RELAXER. HE WAS OFF WOR K TWO DAYS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 5 GALLON CAN OF OIL THROUGH A MANDOOR AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE HIS RETURN TO WORK IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME