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HE WAS STACKING BELT STRUCTURE, GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN STACKS.
EE WAS LOADING CRIB BLOCKS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK IN SUPPLY YARD & SAID THAT AS HE TURNED TO LAYCRIB BLOCK IN THE TRUCK HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS REMOVING A DRIVE CHAIN FROM AN OLD BELT DRIVE ON THE SURFACE & AS HE LIFTED & PULLED CHAIN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED UNTIL 12/21/95.
EE WAS HELPING HAND A MINER CABLE WHEN HE FELT ASTINGING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
EE WAS PULLING A 440 BOLT CABLE TO SUPPLY POWER TO HIS ROOFBOLTER MACHINE OVER TO PREVENT OTHE EQUIPMENT FROM GETTING ON IT AND HURT HIS BACK.
EE WAS UNLOADING OR HELPING UNLOAD A MINER CABLE OUT OF THE CONVEYOR ROOM OF A MINER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK EE WAS ON HIS KNEES PULLING CABLE OVER TO SICLE AS IT WAS BEING UNLOA DED FROM MINER BOOM WHEN PAIN OCCURRED IN HIS LOWER BACK
HANDLING MINER CABL.WHEN MINING MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
CHANGING BEARING ON HEAD DRIVE TANDEM ROLLER, USING PORTAL POWER TO LOOSEN BEARING FROM SHAFT GOT FINGER ON LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN SHAFT ANDPORTAL POWER WHEN SHAFT MOVED.
LOADING BELT STRUCTURE ON TRUCK OUTSIDE TO BRING INSIDE BENT OVER TO PICK UP PEICES OF STRUCTURE WHEN LIFTING UP PULLED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE GOT OFF MINER TO MOVE CABLE OVER HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE AGAINST CANOPY POST ON MINER DECK.
HE ALLEGES THAT ON 3-25-95 WHILE ROCK DUSTING INRETURN THAT HE HURT HIS BACK SOME WAY, HE NEVER NOTIFIED FOREMAN OR NO ONE ELSE UNTIL HIS FATHER CALLED ME ON MONDAY 3-27-95. SAID HE WAS GOING TO DR.
EE WAS LIFTING A DRILL POT FOR DOUBLE HEAD BOLTER TRYING TO SET IT IN PLACE BY HIMSELF WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
THIS MAN SAID ON 8-12-94 WHILE WORKING WITH 5 MORE PEOPLE HE STRAINE DHIS BACK WORKING ON BELT. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO ME UNTIL 8-15-94, HE WAS AT DR APPOINT AT THIS TIME, HE DID NOT TALK ANYONE OF THIS UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER IF HE WS HURT ON JOB. HE PASSED ANYONE OF THIS UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER IF HE WAS HURT ON JOB. HE PASSED BY ME THAT MORNING AND TALKED TO ME AND DID NOT REPORT TH
THIS A REOCCURENCE OF A PAST INJURY.
EE ALLEDGES THAT HE WAS LOADING ROCK DUST IN SCOOP BUCKET AT AROUND 7:00PM AS HE GOT DOWN TO LAST BAG OF DUST & HE WAS PUTTING ON SCOOP IT FELL BEHIND COVER ON WHEEL HE REACHED OVER TO PULL BA GS OF DUST OVERT & FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS B ACK
HE AND HIS CREW OF MEN WERE MAKING BELT MOVE ON SECTION. HE SAID AS HE LIFTED BELT UP TO PUT STRUCTURE IN, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
HE WAS LIFTING MINER CABLE UP ON SIDE OF MINER WHEN HE FELT BURNING IN HIS LOWER BACK.
HE WAS WORKING ON BRAKE SYSTEM ON SHUTTLE CAR AND AS HE GOT UP TO MOVE OVER FROM SQUATTING POSITION HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT LEG.
HE HAD WALKED OVER TO TURN WATER VALVE ON GOING TO SPRAYS ON HEADDRIVE, AS HE BENT OVER HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.