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July 8, 1998 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A VALVE OFF OF A TORQUE CONVERTER, THE VALVE FELL AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE.

November 19, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK KNOCKERS OFF A ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 31, 1997 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS BLOWING BOLT HOLES OUT WITH AN AIR HOSE, WHEN HE BLEW A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE.

June 5, 1997 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A WET HOLE BAG & PUTTING IT INTO A HOLE WHEN HE PULLED HIS LOWER BACK.

February 1, 1997 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS DOZER AT QUITTING TIME USING PROPER TECHNIQUE WHEN HE FELT A MINOR PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK. EE STATES THE PAIN WORSENED OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE REPORTED THE INJURY 2 -3-97 AT 5 AM.

September 6, 1996 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOUNTING HIS DOZER AT THE BEGINING OF THE SHIFT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN THE BACK OF HIS LEFT THIGH. EE WAS UTILIZING PROPER MOUNTING TECHNIQUE AND USING ALL STEPS AND GRAB-I RONS.

March 16, 1996 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A FAN INTO PLACE & WAS BRACING HIMSELF BY RESTING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST A METAL TUBE. AS EE LIFTED THE FAN HE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS SHOULDER. EE SAID THE SHOULD ER DID NOT START HURTING UNTIL MONDAY 3/18/96 & HE WENT TO A DOCTOR ON 3/19/96 AFTER REPORTING TO WORK.

December 9, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKIGN BENEATH A WELDING TRUCK INSTALLING A LEAF SPRING. DIRT FROM BENEATH THE TRUCK BECAME DISLODGED AND GOT INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE FINISHED WORKTHAT SHIFT AND REP ORTED THE ACCIDENT AT THE BEGNINNING OF HIS NEXT SIFT 12-11-95.

August 4, 1995 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PALCING A STEEL CABLE INTO ITS STORAGE MOUNT ON THE BED OF A ROCK TRUCK WHEN ONE OF THE CABLE ENDS SLIPPED OUT AND THE CABLE SWUNG DOWN. EE STOPPED THE CABLE BY CATCHING IT IN HIS ARMS. EE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE CAUGHT THE CABLE END.

July 6, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REMOVE A TRANSMISSION FROM A SERVICE TRUCK DIRT FELL FROM BENEATH THE TRUCK & GOT INTO EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE EMPLOYEE WENT TO EYE DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING DAY

June 19, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WSA SHUTTING HT EDOOR OF HIS ROCK TRUCK WITH BOTH HAND SWHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN THE DOOR WAY. THE LACERATION SWERE NOT LARGE BUT REQUIRED SUTURES (10) TO FACILITATE FASTER HEALING.

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LINEBORE BAR OFF A MACHINE AND DROPPED THE BAR ON HIS FINGER.

July 22, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A POWDER BIN LEVER TO FILL A BULK TRUCK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE.

May 11, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A DOOR STRUCK HIS THUMB, MASHING IT.,

April 1, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS INSTALLING A OIL COOLER ON A ROCK TRUCK ON 4-1-94. EE REPORTED SORENESS IN HIS LOWER BACK ON 4-5-94. EE DID NOT REPORT FOR WORK ON 4-6-94 WAS CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE AND INSTRUCTED TO SE E A PHYSICIAN. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED MUSCLE STRAINWITHOUT COMPLICATION.

November 4, 1993 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTTING THE OPERATORS CAB DOOR WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR AND DOOR FRAME.

August 25, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING STEMMING INTO A BLAST HOLE WHEN HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING MUSCLE PAIN IN HIS RIGHT THIGH.

August 12, 1993 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM THE COLLAR OF A DRILL HOLE AND BEGAN EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN.

June 22, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A TOOTH FOR A 994 LOADER INTO THE BACK OF A MECHANICS TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK THAT WORSENED THAT EVENING.

February 19, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP A 6" DISCHARGE LINE FROM A WATER PUMP WHEN HE STRAINED HIS SHOULDER MUSCLES.

January 1, 1993 KY · Coal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF HIS DRILL TO BACKFILL A HOLE. AS HE GOT BACK INTO HIS DRILL, HE CLOSED THE DOOR OF THE DRILL ON HIS RIGHT HAND, HURTING FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND, CAUSING TRAUMATIC CONTUSION O F RIGHT LONG FINGER WITHOUT FRACTURE ON DERMAL TEAR.

December 9, 1992 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS CHEERING HIS WINDOWS WHEN HE GOT DIRT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

September 3, 1992 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING 60 LB CASES OF EXPLOSIVES, EMPLOYEE HAD SHARP PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.

September 1, 1992 KY · Coal grader operator, roadgrader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE FUELING EQUIPMENT, A FUEL COUPLING CAME APART, SPRAYING FUEL IN HIS EYES.

June 10, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HELPING TO LIFT DISCS OUT OF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK EE INJURED LOWER BACK.

February 20, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE SHOVELING POWDER HOLES, EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND WITH HIS SHOVEL, TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

May 21, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP ONE END OF A D10 ROLLER TO PUT A CHAIN AROUND IT SO THE ROLLER COULD BE LOADED ONTO HIS TRUCK,WHILE BENDING OVER AND ATTEMPTING TO LIFT THE ROLLER HE STRAINE D HIS LOWER BACK.

November 22, 1989 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS NECK. WHILE WORKING ON ON A 773B ROCK TRUCK. HE DID GO TO THE DOCTOR. HE HAS TORN MUSCLES IN BACK OF HIS NECK. HE CAN RETURN TO WORK 11-28-89.

October 7, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING SMALL MOTOR FROM BULK TRUCK THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 101589

July 28, 1989 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK LIFTING A FLOOR JACK, WHILE INSTALLING ROLLERS ON DOZER.

July 22, 1989 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER, WHEN HE TURNED TO STEP DOWN HE TWISTED LOWER BACK.

June 25, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INSTALLING CULVERTS IN POND, WHEN HE STRAINED BACK LIFTING CULVERT.

April 11, 1988 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED BACK WHEN PULLNG DRILL STEEL FROM ROCK.

December 18, 1987 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ON POWDE9 BIN WHEN DOOR FELL AND HIT HIM ON HEAD AND DROVE FACE INTO THE BIN WHICH BROKE HIS NOSE, STRAINED HIS NECK AND A CONCUSSION, BUT NO TIME WAS LOST AT TIME OF INJURY. HE HAS TAK EN OFF WORK NOW3BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM INJURY.

November 9, 1987 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Elk Creek Coal Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS OPENIN1 HEATER HOSE VALVE ON 320 MICHIGAN LOADER. VALVE BROKE OFF WHILE MAN WAS TURNING IT BY HAND SPRAYING HOT ANTIFREEZE ON FACE AND NECK.

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