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HE STATED THAT WHEN HE DUMPED THE LOAD OF ROCK , THE BED OF THE TRUCK DROPPED, THEN JERKED BACK, CAUSING A QUICK JOLT TO HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD ARH WHERE HE WAS X-RAYED AND RELEASED.
EMP STATED HE WAS LOADING THE LAST 2' OF SOLID ROCK WHICH WAS LEFT ON TOP OF THE COAL SEAM. HAD LOADER BUCKET HOOKED UNDER A SLAB OF ROCK, CAUSING REAR TIRES OF LOADER TO RAISE APPROX 18" OFF GROUND. WHEN ROCK BROKE IT ALLOWED LAODER TO FALL. EMP FINISHED THE SHIFT AND WORKED UNTIL 8:00PM ON 1-22-97. DIAGNOSIS WILL BE MADE ON 1-27-97.
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING LOADED BY EE WHEN A TREE LIMB PUSHED THE WINDOW FROM THECAB OF THE TRUCK LEFT SIDE CAB WINDOW BEHIND DRIVERS DOOR EE STATED THAT HE HAD TURNED TOWARD THE PASSENG ER DOOR & DID NOT SEE THE LIMB IN THE LOADER BUCK DUE TO EE BEING HALF-TURNED IN HIS SEAT THE LIMB STRUCK HIM IN THE RT SHOULDER EE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE'S FIRST DAY OFF DUE TO NO SPECIFIC INJURY WAS 2-20-95. HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD EITHER KIDNEY PROBLEMS OR ARTHRITIS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY. ROBERSON HAS INDICATED TO LESLIE RE SOURCES & TO HIS DR.THAT HIS PAIN IS JOB RELATED
INJURED WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A COAL TRUCK. AS HE STARTED TO BACK AWAY FROM THE COAL PILE, HE HALF TURNED TO LOOKE OVE RHIS RIGHT SHOULDER TO INSURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR TO BACK UP. IT WAS AT THIS TIME STATED THAT THE LOADER JERKED AND THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE NOTIFIED FOREMN. INJURED WAS TRANSPORTED TO HAZARD A.R.H. WHER HE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BRUIS
HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING A ROCKTRUCK. AS HE WAS LOADING HIS BUCKET, A LOOSE ROCK CAME FROM THE SIDE OF THE SHOT AND HIT THE SIDE OF THE BUCKET, JARRING THE OPERATOR.