EMP AND 2 COWORKERS WERE SCATTERING 42" BELT STRUCTURE IN PREPARATION FOR BELT MOVE. EMP PULLED A PIECE OF TOP STRUCTURE OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET AND ANOTHER PIECE SLID OUT OF SCOOP BUCKET AND STRU CK HIM ON SIDE OF RIGHT FOOT. EMP WAS WEARING METATARSAL BOOTS. RESULTING INJURY WAS A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES. MEDICAL TREATMENT ONLY. NO LOST DAYS OF WORK.
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Showing all 7EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE TRAILING CABLE FOR A FLETCHER RR-II-13 ROOF BOLTING MACHINE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK HE CONTINUED TO WORK & DID NOT MISS UNTIL 08-27=94 (NOT REPORTA BLE UNTIL 08-27-94) THIS EVENT SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A DEGREE 3 CLASSIFICATION 09 ACCIDENT THE MACHINERY WAS NOT MOVING AT TIME OF ACCIDENT
INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING CASE OF POWDER (APPROX 50 POUNDS) ONTO POWDER WAGON AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
MOVING ROOF BOLTS IN NO 5 ENTRY TO LOAD THEM ON ROOF BOLTER AND INJURED HIS BACK.
WHILE SHOVELING BELT, EE HURT HIS BACK.
LOADING TIMBER IN A SCOOP AND TWISTED MY BACK.
SHOVELING THE TAILPIECE AT #2 BELT HEAD AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.