EE WA SPICKING UP A ROCK THAT HE HAD JUST REMOVED FROM THE RAW COAL SHUT WHEN IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND HIT ON TOP OF HIS STEEL TOE BOOTS.
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Showing all 14EE LIFTED A OXYGEN TANK AND GELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER TO FINE COAL CHUTE WHEN HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS HARD HAT ON THE BACK REST GUARD PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIS NECK.
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL A 55 GALLON DRUM OF STONE HARDENED BY HIMSELF AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO DRUMS CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AND AFTER SHIF T ENDED, WENT TO DOCTOR. THE WOUND WAS STITCHED UP WITH SIX STITCHES.
EE WAS PULLING A 200 FEET LONG WATER HOSE UP A SMALL INCLINE TO CLEAN A DRAW OFF TUNNEL WHEN HE EITHER PULLED OR TORE A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPAIRS IN THE PREP PLANT WHEN A STEEL PIPE WHICH THEY WERE SLIDING INTO PLACE PRESSED AGAINST HIS FINGER MASHING IT AGAINST A STEEL WALL CAUSING THE FINGER TO BE FRA CTURED.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A H. M. CYCLONE PUMP, WHICH APPARENTLY CAUSED A STRAIN ON HIS BACK, WHICH BECAME WORSE OVER TIME.
REACHED OVER HEAD TO PULL DOWN A VALVE TO CLOSE OFF THIS VALVE IS EASY TO TURN OFF OR ON BUT DOES REQUIRE REACHING OVERHEAD.,
EMPLOYEE WAS REFILLING A SMALL BIN, INSIDE THE WASHER PLANT, WITH PERCOL 368, A CHEMICAL DESIGNED TO MAKE THE MUD IN THE WATER STICK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK SO THE MUD CAN BE REMOVED. AS HE WAS REFILLING THIS BIN FROM A 50 POUND BAG A SMALL AMOUNT OF DUST FROM THE BAG BLEW UP FAN THE BIN INTO HIS EYES.
CLOSING REFUSAL DOOR, A ROCK BOUNCED OFF HIT HIS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE THREW LEVER OF HOPPER TO CHANGE PLOW OF COAL THROUGH PREPARATION PLANT AFTER WHICH EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED TO BACK PAIN.EMPLOYEE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ARH WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A SHOT AND X-RAYS
55061S PULLING ELECTRICAL CABLE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WORKED REST OF DA4 WENT TO E.R. IN EVENING MUSCLE STRAIN LOWER BACK.
PULLING IN REBAR THAT WAS HOISTED TO TOP
LIFTING OIL DRUM.