Employee is stating that he felt back pain on 4-16 and 4-21 while performing duties as a deckhand on a coal barge. Employee sought medical attention on 4-21. Ee had degenerative spine disease.
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April 21, 2004
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Struck by flying object
EE WAS EMPTYING GOB BIN MUD WAS FLYING & CAME INTO SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES & IN LEFT EYE
November 9, 2001
KY · Coal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Eagle Mining, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS REELING IN A FUEL HOSE WHEN THE FUEL NOZZLE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG CAUSING A LACERATION. THE FIRST DAY HE MISSED WAS 12-17-01.
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