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EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MAKE A BELT SETUP AND HE LIFTED ONE END OF THE BELT TO STRAIGHTEN IT AND PULLED HIS BACK CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN AND THEN THE PAIN SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BACK AREA.
EE WAS REMVOING BELT STRUCTURE STANDS FROM THE 2 BELT WHEN A STAND FLIPPED AROUND STRIKING EE ON THE FACE. CAUSING DEEP CUT TO THE CHEEK BONE AND EYE AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING ON TOP OF SCOOP TO CHANGE BATTERIES WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE BECAME LODGED IN A HOLE CAUSING THE KNEE TO TWIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS WATCHING THE DUMP AREA WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE BELTLINE. AS HE LIFTED THE ROCK PAIN STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG AREA. DIAGNOSIS: STRAINED LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING RIBS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WILL BE OFF WORK 1-2 WEEKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SOLID BLOCK ONTO SCOOP PREPARING TO GO UNDERGROUND WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN BACK & CHEST AREA HE WILL BE OFF WORK APPROX 1-2-WEEKS DIAGNOSIS STRAINED BACK PULLED TENDONS IN BA CK & CHEST AREA
EE WAS ROLLING #6 BELTLINE PREPARING TO MOVE SECTIONS, WHEN BELT BECAME CAUGHT ON THE HEAD DRIVE. AS HE BEGAN TO PULL THE BELT PAIN STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCK ON THE OUTSIDE AT UNDERGROUND MINE, WHEN HE DROPPED A LARGE ROCK ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REMAINDER OF SHIFT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A HOLE WHEN PARTICLES OF COAL DUST FLEW INTO LEFT EYE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 2-28-94 AND WAS READY TO RETURN TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING FAN FELT ON SHAKER MOTOR WHEN HIS THUMB WAS PINCHED BY THE BELT. MEDICAL TREATMENT: STITCHES & REMOVED NAIL.
ON 5-28-93, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A LARGE ROCK FROM TAILPIECE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT HIP. HE MISSED NO WORK AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATEMNT AT THAT TIME. FIRST DAY OF MISSE D WORK 6-16-93. EXPECTED TO BE OFF WORK AT LEAST TWO WEEKS.
EE STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING APPROX. 30 LBS ROLLERS DURING A BELT SETUP HE ACTUALLY INJURED HIMSELF APPROX 2 MONTH AGO STATED EE HOWEVERHE MISSED NO WORK ON DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREAT MENT AT THAT TIME FIRST DAY OF MISSED WORK
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THE BATTERY BELL FROM BATTERY WHEN HIS FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE SCOOP AND THE BATTERY BELL. HE WILL BE OFF WORK APPROX. ONE WEEK.
EMPLOYEE SIMPLY BENT OVER AND HIS BACK STRUCK WITH SEVERE PAIN AND EMPLOYEE WAS UNABLE TO RAISE INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION RIGHT AWAY.