CLOSING A TOOL BOX LID AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LID AND TOOL BOX BREAKING FINGER.
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Showing 50 of 85EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING LINE CURTAIN FOR VENTILATION & GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACKK ON 2ND WEST SECTION #3 HEADING
EE WAS LIFTING A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN BRIDGE CONVEYOR AND WHILE LIFTING HURT BACK AND NECK.
EE BENT OVER TO PICK UP 5 HP WATER PUMP AND HURT BACK WHILE CARRYING PUMP INTO TOP END OF 18 GATE.
EE WAS SHOVELING BELT ON 1ST WEST BELTLINE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-14-95.
EPLOYEE WAS BUILDING OMEGA BLOCK STOPPIG AND DUST CAME OFF THE TOP OF THE BLOCK AND FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE RESULTING IN SCRATCHES TO EYE.
SHOVELING BELT BUT THE EMPLOYEE BACK WAS HURTING BEFORE HE STARTED TOWORK THIS MORNING. E STATED HE HAS A PRECISTANCE BACK PROBLEM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT ONE BREAK OUTBY #13 TAILPIECE AND WHILE LIFTING SHOVEL FULL OF LOOSE MATERIAL FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER OFF OF SUPPLY CAR & GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE HAS REPEATED TRAUMA TO BACK
EE WAS PICKING UP MINER CABLE & MOVING IT OUT OF ROADWAY ON 1ST WEST SECTION & STRAINED BACK.
EE WAS HELPING MAKE A ONE BREAK BELT MOVE WAS PLACING 48 INCH TOP BELT ROLLERS INTO PLACE AND SAID THAT WAS WHEN HE FELT PAIN PULLING IN HIS NECK AND INBETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS.
INJURED WAS LIFTING AND TWISTING LOADING A BOX OF RESIN GLUE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS LOWER BACK AND HAS HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENT WHERE HE HAS HURT MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT AND THROWNING ON BELT AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE MOVED WOODEN PALLET AND SET ON COAL RIB AND PALLET FELL OVER AND HIT EE ON RIGHT FOOT RESULTING IN FRACTURE TO BONES IN FOOT.
LOADING BELT STRUCTURE INTO SCOOP BLADE & GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE MINER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.
UNLOADING ROLLERS FROM SUPPLY CAR & WHILE REACHING ACROSS ROLLERS TOP OF LEFT HAND HIT METAL BAND BINDING ROLLERS CAUSING TWO INCH CUT REQUIRING 10 STITCHES.
WHILE UNLOADING HIGH LINE FROM SUPPLY CAR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LET GO OF LINE AND EMPLOYEE TURNED AROUND AND WAS HIT BY HIGH LINE ACROSS NOSE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLE OFF FLETCHER BOLTER ON 4TH EAST AND FELT BURNING, STINGING FEELING IN GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON 2" PIPE 5 FT LONG TO FREE STUCK FORKLIFT AND STRAINED BACK.
HURT BACK WHILE HANGING MINER CABLE ACROSS INTERSECTION ON 1ST SOUTH MAINS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 13HP WATER PUMP ON TRACK AT 13 HEAD & GOT PAIN IN RT HIP & LEFT SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PUTTING HOSE ON BOLTER & TWISTED RESULTING IN STRAIN TO BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING LEVEL OF WATER TANK BY CLIMBING LADDER AND LIFTIN GLID, EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND LET LID LOOSE FALLING ON FINGER, INDEX RIGHT HAND RESUILTING IN FRACTURE TO FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & TRYING TO SCOOT 6" WATER LINE TO ALLOW FOR CLEARANCE FOR SUPPLY TRIP & HURT BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING CRIB FROM SUPPLY CAR AT END OF TRACK AT LONG WALL & WHILE LIFTING & TURNING TO THROW CRIB GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE AS LEANING OVER TO PLACE WATER PUMP IN BASKET AT NO. 11 BELT TAIL PIECE NAD GOT PAIN IN BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING CLUTCH SHAFT FROM TRANSMISSION TO PUT ON WORK BENCH AND WHILE TURNING GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS CARRYING SHIELDS(BLUE BOX) FROM END OF TRACK TO THE LONGWALL FACE WEIGHT OF BOX BETWEEN (40 TO 50 POUNDS) HE CARRIED ONE AND WHEN HE WAS CARRYING THE SECOND ONE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON PANLINE THAT WAS SITTING ON JACKS AND PAN TILTED PUSHING AGAINST LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CUTTING FINGER REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING TAKE-UP STAND FROM ABANDONED BELT HEAD AT 32 GATE AND GOT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE LOWER BACK.
EE WAS UNLOADING BOX OF GLUE FROM SCOOP TO PUT ON ROOF BOLTER AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING JOINT OF 6IN METAL WATER LINE AT 20 GATE D BELT HEAD & STRAINED BACK
EE WAS TAKING EMULSION LINE APART AND HOSE CAME APART FROM PRESSURE STILL IN LINE AND STUCK EE ON LEFT SIDE ON HEAD AND SIDE RESULTING IN BRUISES TO EE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING LEG CYLINDER ON #72 SHIELD AND WAS TWISTING CYLINDER TO ALIGN AND CYLINDER SLIPPED AND CYCLINDER EAR CAUGHT AND PINCHED RING FINGER, REMOVING PORTION OF SKIN FROM FINGER REQUIRING SURGERY ON FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING RAM JACK OFF SHEAR ON LONGWALLA ND RAM JACK FELL STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LEG AND ANKLE RESULTING IN SCRATCH AND BRUISE TO LEG AND ANKLE.
EE WAS HELPING CARRY AND LIFT 10 FOOT SECTION OF LONGWALL MONORAIL AND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE RAISING AND PLACING IT ON RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS HELPING LIFT BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT RT SHOULDER. EE STARTED MISSING ON 6-21-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT OUT OF TAIL PIECE ON MAINS SECTION & DEVELOPED A HERNIA IN STOMACH AREA EMPLOYEE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 06-13-94
EE WAS USING SCOOP TO CLEAN SECTION ON 20 GATE AND MUD CAME OFF CURTAIN AND FLIPPED INTO EE LEFT EYE.
EMPLOYEE & HELPER WERE UNLOADING 60IN BELT ROLLER FROM SCOOP ON 016 SECTION & WHILE LIFTING & TOSSING THE ROLLER AGAINST THE RIB THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LIFT AND CARY 10 FOOT SECTION OF MONORAIL OUT OF HEADGATE AREA AND STRAINED BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE POWER MOVE ON SECTION & WHILE PULLING & LIFTING ON DIFFERENT MATERIAL HIS BACK STRATED HURTING
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING 6FT RESIN BOLTS UP TO PLACE IN CHUCK OF PINNER & GOT PAIN IN BACK
EE WAS LIFTING A DRILL POT AND ROTATION MORTOR FROM PINNER ONTO TRACTOR AND HURT BACK, WHILE WORKING ON MAINS SECTION 016 AT DINNER HOLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS INJURED ON 03-29-94 WHILE SHOUVELING COAL FROM BENEATH THE DISCHARGE ROLLER AT 14 HEAD CREATING AN ACUTE GROIN PULL 7000-1 FORM SUBMITTED IN PROTEST PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION
EE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE TO HANG WITH ROPE FROM ROOF AND GOT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE GORIN AREA. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 8-26-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TRACK JACK INTO A SUPPLY MOTOR AND GOT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SINGLE PROP THROUGH MUD AT HEADGATE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE AND TWO MEN WERE REMOVING A 13 HP PUMP OFF OF ACE AND COMPLAINED OF SHARP PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.