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September 16, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS ON LIGHT DUTY DUE TO A BACK BACK. HE HELPED ANOTHER MAN LIFT A STEEL PLATE AND RE-INJURED HIS BACK.

April 16, 1996 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

GENERAL MAINTENANCE. CLEANING, LIFTING, MOVING IRON PARTS. APPROXIMATE WEIGHT 100 - 150 LBS. FELT LIKE HE PULLED SOMETHING. SEEN BY PHYSICIAN AFTER WORK. PHYSICIAN STATES LEFT INGUINAL HERNIA.

January 27, 1994 PA · Coal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ACETYLENE TANK FROM RACK, LOST GRIP ON TANK. TANK SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND PINCHED AGAINSTOTHER TANK. LEFT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER BROKE. X RAYS TAKEN SPLINT APPLIED.

June 12, 1993 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LAB TECHNICIAN SETTING UP CULM TESTS FOR SPECIFIC GRAVITY WITH ZINC CHLORIDE. WHEN HE POURED ZINC CHLORIDE INTO TANK IT SPLASHED BACK AND HIT LEFT EYE; IMMEDIATE EYE WASH TAKEN TO DESPENSARY; BURN LEFT EYE, CORNEA EXPOSED.

May 18, 1993 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED GROIN MUSCLE WHILE SHOVELING ON 5/18/93. HE DID NOT REPORT IT UNTIL 5/27/93.

May 5, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LABORER LIFTING AND PULLING 6" X 20' PLASTIC PIPING. PAIN RIGHT SIDE LOWER ABDOMEN. HERNIA.

April 17, 1993 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING & PULLING MATERIALS TO PLANT DOING GENERAL LABORERS DUTIES FOR PLANT MAINTENANCE

February 10, 1993 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LAB TECHNICIAN TAKING A TEST SAMPLE FROM FIG, CARRYING A 5 GALLON BUCKET, HAD A SEVER LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN.

August 6, 1992 PA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

66929NG MAINTENENACE SHIFT SITTING DOWN WITH KNEES BENT PUSHING A LINNER INSIDE CHUTE LOWER BACK PAIN.

August 12, 1991 PA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Energy Associates Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

STARTED GRAVITY TEST ON COAL SAMPLES.PLACED 5 GAL BUCKET IN SOLUTION OF ZINC CHLORIDE AND IT SPLASHED BACK UP INTO LEFT EYE.

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