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EE WAS WORKING ON ROOF BOLTER REMOVING SHIELDS. WHEN HE LIFTED OFF REAR SHIELD HE ALLEGED THAT IT STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE A LIFTING A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK OFF THE TOP OF THE CONTINUOUS MINER NOTE HE BEGAN MISSING WORK DUE TO THIS INJURY ON 8-15-94 IT WAS NOT A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNTIL 8- 15-94.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A MINER IN THE #3 HEADING. HE WAS PULLING ON MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
EE WAS PULLING OUT BELT STRUCTURE PANS ALONG THE BELT LINE. HE GOT HIS FOOT BETWEEN TWO PANS ONE SLIDE BACK CAUGHT HIS ANKLE BETWEEN THE PANS WHICH FRACTURED HIS FIBULA ABOVE THE ANKLE.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK ONTO BELT FROM AN OLD ROCK FALL THAT HAD BEEN RE-BOLTED. ROCKS SLIDE OFF THE TOP OF THE FALL AND HIT HIM INT EH BACK AND ON THE ANKLE.
INJURED WAS LOADING ROCK ONTO BELT FORM AN OLD ROCK FALL THAT HAD BEEN RE-BOLTED. A ROCK SLIDE OFF THE TOP OF THE FALL AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
WHILE LIFTING ROCK AND PUTTING IT ON BELT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS RUNNING THE CONTINUOUS MINER IN THE NO.5 ENTRY, EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON THE MINER CABLE & STRAINED HIS BACK.
INJURED EE WAS A SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR HE GOT OFF SHUTTLE CAR TO HELP THE MINER MOVE TO THE NEXT PLACE. HE HIT HIS EAR ON A ROOF BOLT PLATE WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES BUT NO LOST WORK DAYS.
INJURED WAS BUILDING STOPPING AND BEGAN BLEEDING FROM RECTUM POSSIBLY AGGRAVATED EMORRHOIDS, HE SAID THIS WAS A RESULT OF STRAINING BY LIFTING BLOCKS.