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January 17, 1996 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSING A TOOL BOX LID AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LID AND TOOL BOX BREAKING FINGER.

September 14, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING LINE CURTAIN FOR VENTILATION & GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACKK ON 2ND WEST SECTION #3 HEADING

August 14, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING BELT ON 1ST WEST BELTLINE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. EE STARTED MISSING WORK ON 9-14-95.

August 9, 1995 KY · Coal brattice man/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by falling object

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.

July 20, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING BELT BUT THE EMPLOYEE BACK WAS HURTING BEFORE HE STARTED TOWORK THIS MORNING. E STATED HE HAS A PRECISTANCE BACK PROBLEM.

June 12, 1995 KY · Coal lw propman, propman helper, move crew if lw, move-up man, jacksetter, advanceman lw helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT ONE BREAK OUTBY #13 TAILPIECE AND WHILE LIFTING SHOVEL FULL OF LOOSE MATERIAL FELT PAIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER & BACK.

May 8, 1995 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER OFF OF SUPPLY CAR & GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK EMPLOYEE HAS REPEATED TRAUMA TO BACK

April 6, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

April 6, 1995 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

April 4, 1995 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELT AND THROWNING ON BELT AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

April 4, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by falling object

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.

February 17, 1995 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck against stationary object

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.

February 2, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

January 30, 1995 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON 2" PIPE 5 FT LONG TO FREE STUCK FORKLIFT AND STRAINED BACK.

January 23, 1995 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HURT BACK WHILE HANGING MINER CABLE ACROSS INTERSECTION ON 1ST SOUTH MAINS

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PUTTING HOSE ON BOLTER & TWISTED RESULTING IN STRAIN TO BACK

December 13, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

November 29, 1994 KY · Coal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & TRYING TO SCOOT 6" WATER LINE TO ALLOW FOR CLEARANCE FOR SUPPLY TRIP & HURT BACK.

November 2, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

October 10, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AS LEANING OVER TO PLACE WATER PUMP IN BASKET AT NO. 11 BELT TAIL PIECE NAD GOT PAIN IN BACK.

September 22, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING CLUTCH SHAFT FROM TRANSMISSION TO PUT ON WORK BENCH AND WHILE TURNING GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

September 21, 1994 KY · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

September 9, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

September 8, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND CARRYING TAKE-UP STAND FROM ABANDONED BELT HEAD AT 32 GATE AND GOT PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE LOWER BACK.

September 5, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS UNLOADING BOX OF GLUE FROM SCOOP TO PUT ON ROOF BOLTER AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

August 17, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING JOINT OF 6IN METAL WATER LINE AT 20 GATE D BELT HEAD & STRAINED BACK

August 9, 1994 KY · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

July 31, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

June 18, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Struck by falling object

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.

June 10, 1994 KY · Coal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING CARRY AND LIFT 10 FOOT SECTION OF LONGWALL MONORAIL AND STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE RAISING AND PLACING IT ON RIGHT SHOULDER.

June 3, 1994 KY · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING LIFT BELT STRUCTURE AND HURT RT SHOULDER. EE STARTED MISSING ON 6-21-94.

May 24, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

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

May 12, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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

May 6, 1994 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAKE POWER MOVE ON SECTION & WHILE PULLING & LIFTING ON DIFFERENT MATERIAL HIS BACK STRATED HURTING

April 25, 1994 KY · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING 6FT RESIN BOLTS UP TO PLACE IN CHUCK OF PINNER & GOT PAIN IN BACK

April 20, 1994 KY · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

March 29, 1994 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

March 18, 1994 KY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

March 14, 1994 KY · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A TRACK JACK INTO A SUPPLY MOTOR AND GOT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.

February 18, 1994 KY · Coal longwall operator, chock operator, shear operator, plow operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wolf Creek Collieries Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

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.

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