EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS USUAL DUTIES AS OILER. HE HAD PARKED HIS FUEL TRUCK A C-60 CHECY TRUCK AND AS A SAFETY MEASURE HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A ROCK AND PLACE UNDER HIS TIRE WHEN HE LIFTED THE ROCK. HE SAID HE FELT HIS LEFT RIB POP AND FELT PAIN. UPON EXAM. BY A DOCTOR IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD CRACKED HIS RIB ON LEFT SIDE.
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H E C Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
November 26, 1993
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E C Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HELP UNLOAD NITROGIN TANK FROM TRUCK. AFTER TAKING HOLD OF ONE END, TANK SLIPPED OUT OF TRUCK & PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TANK & BUMPER OF TRUCK, MASHING THE RIN G FINGER.
October 8, 1993
KY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H E C Coal Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
EE WAS DISMOUNTING A 120 TON UNIT RIG ROCK TRUCK HAND WAS CUAGHT IN METAL BURR AND CUT AT THE KNUCKLES.
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