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January 3, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cogema Mining Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP REINJURED HIS LEFT KNEE DURING HIS NORMAL COURSE OF WORK. HAD INITIALLY INJURED KNEE ON 8-18-96. ALTHOUGH RELEASED TO WOEK BY DR, EMP CLAIMS KNEE NEVER REALLY HEALED. REPETITIVE MOTION OF GETTING ON AND OFF TRUCK CAUSED SOME PAIN TO LEFT KNEE. WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED WORK DUTY. SCHEDULED FOR SPECIALIST APPT ON 1-28-97.

August 22, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Cogema Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A FOKLIFT WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE FORKLIFT CAUSED THE LID OF AN OLD SEPTIC TANK TO COLLAPSE. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE EE TO JERK BACKWARDS. HE SUFFERED WHIPLASH AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL & BACK STRAIN.

May 14, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Cogema Mining Inc · Fall from machine

INDIVIDUAL WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK PULLING A CEMENTING UNIT UP A HILL. THE TRUCK APPARENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS & STALLED. THE TRUCK STARTED GOING BACK DOWNT THE HILL & THE DRIVER PANCKED & JUMPED OU T.

September 19, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cogema Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS HIS LOWER BACK LEFT BUTTOCK AND LEFT LEG BEGAN HURTING THE WEEK OF SEPT 6TH HIS WORK ACTIVITY CONSISTED OF RIDING A TRACTOR SHREDDER MOWING GRASS ALONG THE MAIN ENTRANCE ROAD WHEN HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING SOME DISCOMFORT. HE DID NOT REPORT HIS INCIDENT UNTIL SEPT 19. HE WAS SENT TO A DR ON SEPT 21. WHERE HIS CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS SCIATIC NEUVALGIN.

June 13, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Cogema Mining Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING FORKLIFT & BUMPED HIS ARM ON THE STEERING WHEEL & TORE LOOSE SCAR TISSUE.

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