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March 23, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A SCREEN INA 36 DRYER AND STRAINED HIMSELF MOVING BASKET AND CHUTE BACK IN PLACE.

November 5, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING ROPE ON RED DEVIL HOIST, PIECE OF WIRE GOT INTO LEFT HAND.

November 3, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLED SOMETHING IN BACK WHILE LIFTING HYD. OIL LINES OFF 235 BACKHOE.

March 29, 1994 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD DIARREA YESTERDAY.STARTED CLIMBING LADDER OF992 LOADER AND FELT SOMETHING POP INSIDE. USED BATHROOM AND STARTED PASSING BLOOD THROUGH BOWELS.

September 7, 1993 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF METAL WAS STACK IN A AW COAL SHUTE & WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE IT IT BECAME DISLODGED & STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE SEVERAL TIMES ON LEFT KNEE LEFT SIDE BACK RT SIDE RT ELBOW & LEFT THUM B

April 15, 1993 WV · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WALKING DOWN CATWALK WITH A BAG OF COAL WEIGHING APPROX. 45 TO 50 LB. ON HIS SHOULDER, WHICH HAD HAD JUST TAKEN A SAMPLE. THE CATWALK GIVE DOWN CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP CAUSING INJUR Y TO HIS BACK FROM TWISTING.

September 24, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED IS A MECHANIC ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING HIS REGULAR WORK HE HANDLES HEAVY PARTS, ETC. DURING HIS SHIFT HE MUST HAVE PULLED A MUSCLE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD CLIMBED ON TEH 992 SEVERAL TIMES & TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 4, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A BARREL OF ANTIFREEZE CONTAINING APPROX 15 GALLONS, EMPLOYEE HURT BACK.

August 10, 1992 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ELMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON 777 ROCK TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE GROUND TO THE FIRST STEP, WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

August 1, 1992 WV · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Madison Branch Management Inc · Struck by falling object

DUE TO NO LIGHTS EMPLOYEE STEPPED THROUGH GRATING, AND TRUCK DRIVER COULD NOT SEE EMPLOYEE AND OPENED TAILGATE, CAUSING COAL TO SPILL OUT OF EMPLOYEE.

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