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January 5, 1991 WV · Coal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator OTHER

Jim Dandy Coals Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE FOUND THAT HIS RIGHT ARM WAS SORE WHEN HE GOT OUT OF BED 1/5/91. HE THEN WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR WHICH TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK WHICH WAS GIVING HIM PAINS IN TH E ARM. NOTE: THE EMPLOYEE HURT HIS NECK 7/31/90,AND NO MEDICAL TREATMENT NEEDED AND NO LOST TIME. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON AN EDGE OF BROW.

January 2, 1989 WV · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator OTHER

Jim Dandy Coals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL PERFORMING DUTIES OF MINER HELPER -NOTICED RIGHT KNEE WAS HURTING.DIDNT FALL OR TWIST HIS KNEE.EMPL HAD KNEE OPERATED ON ONCE BEFORE.NO PARTICULAR INCIDENT REINJURED HIS KNEE.

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