EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BELT ALONG 2R BELT LINE. HE WAS ON HIS KNEES WHILE SHOVELING AND HAD TO SHOVEL UP THE COAL & TWIST AROUND AND PUT COAL ON BELT LINE.
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January 23, 1996
KY · Coal
laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M W Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
M W Mining Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE HAD TAKEN RUBRAIL LOOSE FROM MINER AND WAS SLIDING IT ACROSS FLOOR AWAY FROM MINER BY HIMSELF.
M W Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE HAD MOVED MINER TO THE #2 HEADING & WENT BACK TO MOVE CABLE OUT OF ROADWAY. WHEN FOREMAN CAME OVER AFTER HE HAD STARTED LOADING COAL HE TOLD FOREMAN HE HAD HURT HIS BACK PULLING ON CA BLE.
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