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May 11, 1998 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A 8" ALUMINUM WATER LINE FROM THE PIT WHEN HE FELT A PUPING IN FINGERS ON RT HAND.

April 26, 1998 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE HELPING MOVE THE CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, HE FELT A PAIN TO HIS BACK.

April 2, 1998 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE BENT OVER AND PICKED UP A PRIMER AND WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

March 20, 1998 WV · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF EXCAVATOR AT QUITTING TIME AND TURNED AROUND IN CAB TO GET HIS DINNER BUCKET AND HURT HIS BACK.

November 18, 1997 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

September 30, 1997 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS GETTING BACK ON EXCAVATOR & GOT HOLD OF GRAB HANDLE TO PULL HIMSELF UP ON MACHINE & HAD SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF STOMACH.

July 11, 1997 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIVING UP A BOLT WHEN IT UNEXPECTEDLY WENT THRU THE HOLE PINCHING THE THUMB ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

June 14, 1997 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING A STEEL CABLE WHEN HEFELT A PAIN IN HIS KNEE.

September 24, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PUTTING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON AD11 DOZER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 7, 1994 WV · Coal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS PUTTING FUEL INTO THE FUEL TRUCK WHEN SOME FUEL SPLASHED UP INTO HIS EYES.

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