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January 21, 1997 WV · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS PUTTING THE FRONT DRIVE LINE BACK IN THE FOREMAN S PICK UP TRUCK WHEN SOME DIRT GOT IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HIS EYE WAS WASHED OUT WITH EYE WASH, BUT HE STILL HAD SOME PAIN IN HIS EYE SO HE W AS SENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION.

September 11, 1996 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING A 50 LB BAG WATER TREATMENT OVER A HILL. I SLIPPED AND TWISTED LOWER PART OF BACK.

August 29, 1996 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

CUT HEAD WHILE PULLING OIL SAMPLE.

August 21, 1996 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING BELLY PAN ONLOADER, MECHANIC TWISTED HIS BACK, WHILE WORKIN A KNEELING POSITION.

August 15, 1996 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING TRACK FROM DOZER, LAID RIGHT HAND ON TRACK BETWEEN TWO TRACK PADS. WHEN TRACK WAS SEPERATED THE TWO PADS CAME TOGETHER CAUSING OUTSIDE PORTION OF RIGHT HAND TO BE PINCHED.

September 21, 1995 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING METAL AND PUTTING IN LOADER BUCKET.

July 11, 1995 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A REF. COMPRESSOR ON A 92C AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK. TO INSTALL THIS PART IT IS NECESSARY TO BEND AND LIFT.

January 15, 1995 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING IN THE BACK SEAT OF A PICKUP & HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS OK. AFTER HE WENT ON TO WORK HE CALLED ON THE CB & HADA WO-WORKER PICK HIM UP. HE COMPLAINED OF BURNIN G IN LOWER ABDOMEN AREA, ALSO HAD SWELLING IN LOWER ABDOMEN.

October 17, 1994 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING D-9N NEAR AN AUGER WHICHWAS NOT BEING USED, WHEN A FORMER EMPLOYEE CAME TO GET HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS. THE OPERATOR OF THED-9N GOT OFF HIS DIZER WITH A LIGHT TO GIVE FORMER EMPLOYEE A FLASHLIGHT AND WHEN HE STEPPEDUP ON THE STEP HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. THE STEP IS APP 18" OFF THE GROUND.

June 18, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A HYD OIL COOLER PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER ABDOMEN

March 9, 1994 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING VENT PULL THE 4" PUMP HOSE TO CONNECT IT TO THE PUMP.

February 26, 1994 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

JIMMY WAS REACHING INSIDE A 777B HAULER HYD. TANK LIFTING THE DUMP VALVE HE WAS INSTALLING IN THE BACK OF THE TANK.

May 19, 1993 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Old Dominion Mining Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

LLOYD WAS CHECKING THE WHEELS TO SEE IF ANY ROCK WERE LODGED BETWEEN THE TIRES. HE LOOKED UP ANDA PIECE OF AMONIUM NITRATE DROPPED IN BEWHIND HI GLASSES LANDING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. WE IRRIGATED HIS EYE WITH WATER AND SENT HIM TO HIS DOCTOR. INJURY SEEMED TO BE MINOR.

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