Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE RETRIEVING POLES AND WIRE, EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP AND DOWN FROM BUCKET TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED STIFFNESS AND SORENESS IN LOWER BACK AND LEFT LEG.
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April 22, 1998
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE TRYING TO MOUNT BACKHOE BUCKET, THE BUCKET SLIPPED CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE BOOM OF THE BACKHOE.
March 4, 1998
VA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE UNLOADING A GFEERDER FROM A RAILBACVK, THE LOOSENING CHAIN TWISTED, CAUSING THE PIPE ON BINDER TO FLY OUT OF ANOTHER EE'S HAND, RESULTING IN INJURY TO EE'S LEFT LOWER SHIN.
January 22, 1998
VA · Coal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE HELPING TO INSTALL A BELT ON A PULLEY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY. HE THEN PULLED HIS HAND BACK WHICH CUT HIS FINGER.
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