WHILE REMOVING ROPE FROM BARGE EMP DEVELOPED TROUBLE BREATHING AND CHEST PAINS. HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING HEART ATTACK. TREATED HIM BY SETTLING DOWN AND APPLYING COOL WATER TO HEAD AND NECK. CA LLED AMBULANCE. HERE AT 8:00AM. TOOK TO ER FOR TREATMENT. ENDED UP BEING STRAINED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK.
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April 28, 1997
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Point Processing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
April 10, 1995
WV · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Point Processing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE UNHOOKING BARGE MOVER CABLE FROM BARGE EMPLOYEE PULLED BACKWHILE LIFTING & PULLING CABLE FROM BARGE
April 22, 1994
WV · Coal
tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Point Processing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
BARGE HOIST CABLE HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT GROIN.
December 5, 1991
WV · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Point Processing Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE GOT PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE WHILE UNTANGLING CABLE FROM HOSIT CABLE.
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