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October 6, 2006 OH · Coal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CQ Energy Partners Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving pipe onto the top of a tank. His finger got lodged in between the pipe and the tank, lacerating his middle finger on the right hand.

October 2, 2005 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a metal pipe to dislodge solids from the bottom of a sweeper truck refuse tank. The little finger on his right hand got caught in between the pipe and tank, was struck by the pipe, causing a laceration.

June 10, 2005 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying a 5-gal bucket and bending over while passing under a belt conveyor structure. Suffered muscle strain to lower back and hip.

July 17, 2004 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shoveling coal from road when claimant felt a pop in his lower back.

August 11, 2003 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STRAIN OF LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING/MOVING A 55 GALLON DRUM OF MINERAL SPIRITS.

April 13, 2002 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD TRANSPORTED ANOTHER EE FROM THE DREDGE TOTHE POND DOCK BY BOAT. DOCK ROLLED OVER AND EE JUMPED INTO THE BOAT. BOAT TIPPED FORCING EE INTO WATER. EE THEN GOT BACK ON SHORE AND FELT A THR OBBING PAIN IN LOWER BACK & TESTICLE AREA A FEW HOURS LATER.

May 12, 2000 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MANUALLY ADJUSTING THE PADDLES INSIDE A CONDITIONER. PADDLES TURNED AND PINNED LEFT HANDBETWEEN PADDLE AND CONDITIONER FRAME. INJURY WASA CONTUSION OF THE LEFT HAND.

April 4, 2000 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CQ Energy Partners Ltd · Struck by falling object

WHILE DISASSEMBLING THE BLISS 2000 PALLET MILL, THE CAP THAT HOLDS THE ROLLER IN PLACE WAS FOUND TO BE STUCK. THE MECHANIC AHD TO USE EXTRA FORCE TO REOVE IT CAUSING IT TO COME LOOSE SUDDENLY , SLIDIN GOFF THE END OF THE SHAFT STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE MECHANICS FOOT, BREAKING THE LITTLE TOE.

March 27, 2000 PA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cq Energy Partners Ltd · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING UP LADDER ON SIDE OF COAL TRUCK BED TO GET COAL SAMPLE. AS HE WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN THE LADDER, HIS RING ON HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT ON ONE OF THE RUNGS, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

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