Cave Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF A GRADER & HAD A MUSCLESPASM IN LOWER BACK.
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July 30, 1991
KY · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cave Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPL WAS LIFTING PUMP OUT OF WATER HOLE & STRAINED BACK. HE WAS GIVEN RETURN TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY FOR 5 DAYS. RETURN TO WORK ON 8/1/91. EMPL DID NOT RETURN BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE LIGHT DUTY WORK. HE WAS OFF FROM WORK FROM 7/31 THRU 8/2 HE WENT ON VACATION ON 8/3. HE ONLY MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK.
August 29, 1989
KY · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cave Branch Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STACKING STRAW IN AN ENCLOSED TRAILER AND HE WAS HAVING TO STACK A LOT OF IT OVER HIS HEAD AND THE STRAW HAD BEEN WATER SOAKED AND IT MADE THE STRAW HEAVIER THAN NORMAL, THEREFORE STRAINING HIMSELF.
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