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WAS GOING TO MOVE A CHERRY PICKER, WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. EMPLOYEE LOST CONTROL & PANICED & JUMPED OFF MACHINE. HE TWISTED RIGHT WRIST & TORE LEGIMENT IN RIGHT ANKLE.
EE A MISSOURI MINING INC EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING UNLOADING OF A PALLET OF DOXER HEADS AT AMERICAN COALS PIT #7 MINE HE WAS STANDING ON BED OF A 1 99 1 FORD TRUCK STEADING THE PALLET BEING MOVE D WITH A BOOM TRUCK PALLET TIPPED PULLED EE FROMTHE BED T RUCK THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND DISLOCATING HIS LFET SHOULDER EE TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL WHERE SHOULDER WAS PUT BACK IN PLACE NO LOST TIM
STANDING NEAR END LOADER WHEN A PIECE OF COAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF HEAD.
OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN IT RAN OVER A CHUNK OF SOMETHING AND HURT IS BACK WITH JOLT.
WAS DRIVING TRUCK IN PIT WHEN TIRE HIS A FROZEN CHUNK WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO SPINB AND HE CAUGHT HIS THUMB IN IT.
WAS STANDING BETWEEN DUAL TIRES OF DUMP TRAILER AND LOADER AND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN DUMP TRAILER AND LOADER AND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO WHEN TRAILER UNLOADED BRUSING KNEE AND GROIN AREA.
BUMPING AND JOLTING OF ENDLOADER CAUSED BACK PAIN.SAYS IT IS DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE.(DID NOT REPORT THIS TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL 01-05-90-WAS OFF TIL 02/01/90 AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY WORK PER 'S REQUEST.
SUBJECT DIDNT REPORT THIS UNTIL 8-9-88 HE SAID HE NOTICED PAIN & DISCOMFORT AT THE END OF THE SHIFT ON 8-5-88 ANDOVER THE WEEKEND IT CONTRINUED HE WORKED ALL DAY MONDAY BUT SAID IT HURT SO B AD HE COULDNT WORK TUESDAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT
SUBJECT WAS OPE9ATING A PAN AND WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE BOWL AND WAS GOING FORWARD WHEN HE DROVE OVER A CLUMP OF DIRT-MUD AND THE SUDDEN JAR CAUSED HIS BACK "WHICH HE HAS BEEN UNDER TREATMENT3FOR" TO START HURTING-LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.
SUBJECT TOLD ME3ON 8 21 86 THAT HIS NECK WAS HURTING HIM AND HE WAS TOLD TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BECAUSE HE SAID IT FIRST STARTED TO HURT ON 7 31 86 WHEN THE HIGHLIFT DROPPED A LARGE ROCK INT HIS BED AND IT 4ARRED HIM
SUBJECT SAID MECHANIC HAD JUST ADJUSTED BRAKES BUT WHEN HE WENT TO BACK UP HE COULDNT STOP AND WENT DOWN A 4\ BANK INTO FIELD.TRUCK LAID OVER ON DRIVERS SIDE AS WHEELS TURNED ON SLIPED AREA.
SUBJECT CLAIMB THAT WHEN HE HAS TO MOVE HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE TOO MUCH HE HAD PAIN IN NECK.
SUBJECT WAS TAKING A PAN TO THE WORK AREA TO SWITCH WITH THE OPERATOR OF ANOTHER PAN WHEN THE REAR TRANSMISSION KICKED OUT AFTER SUBJECT STOPPED THE FRONT ENGINE STALLED & HE JUMPED OPFF PAN A FTER DROPPING THE BOWL. HE WAS TRYING OUT MAZCHINE PRIOR TO TRANFER.
SUBJECT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND A SURVEY PARTY VEHICLE AND AS HE DROVE OVER THE BERM THE BOWL OF HIS PAN CAUGHT A BIG ROCK CAUSING THE BACK TO SLIDE OVER THE EDGE AND IT FLIPPED THE PAN O VER. NOT ANY LOST TIME SHOWN WILL BE DUE TO EQUIPMENT DAMAGE SUBJECT SAID HE IS AVAILABLE TO WORK.