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EE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER OUT OF THE MANTRIP AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PALLETS INTO THE LOADER BUCKET AND USED HIS BACK IN A TWISTING MOTION AND CAUSED A STRAIN TO THE LOWER BACK.
EMP WAS APPLYING PYRO CHEM MINE SEALENT TO BRATTICE MATERIAL AND THE SEALANT SPLASHED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST ON BELT WHEN HE FELT MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER PULL
EMP LIFTED A BUCKET OF BITS OFF MINER WITH LEFT ARM AND PULLED MUSCLE AND FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW. (EMP TOLD AT A LATER DATE THAT HE HAD FALLEN ON THE PREVIOUS DAY AT WORK AND LANDED ON THAT ARM - DID NOT REPORT FALL BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURY AT THE TIME. PAIN ONLY OCCURRED AFTER PICKING UP THE BUCKET OF BITS.)
PULLING A PIECE OF PINNER STEEL OUT OF TOP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
EE WAS TAKING CABLE DOWN AND THE CABLE SLIPPED CAUSING THE CABLE HANGER TO HOOK HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER.
LIFTING HUB ON SCOOP AND HEARD FELT BACK POP.
MINER WAS LIFTING CABLE OFF CUTTER HEADS TO CLEAN CABLE & STRAINED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING RUB RAIL & STRAINED LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY WAS CHANGING OUT A SCREEN BYHIMSELF & WHILE LIFTING THE SCREEN HE HURT HIS BACK (EMPLOYEE FINISHED HIS SHIFT & WORKED HIS SHIFT THE NEXT DAY HIS FIRST DAY OF INCAPACITY WAS 08-31-93)
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING BELTLINE.
PUTTING IN BELT STRUCTURE AND THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP MINER CABLE AND PAIN HIT HIM THE LOWER BACK.
GETTING TIMBERS OFF SCOOP AND ONE DROPPED OFF AND HIT RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.