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OPERATOR STATED HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING COAL AT FEEDER WHEN HE TURNED TO CHANGE DIRECTION ON SHUTTLE CAR. HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. E.R. VISIT REFERRED TO MEDICAL SPECIALIST. HE WAS PLACED IN NON-WORKING STATUS ON 9/20/01.
EE WAS OPERATING SHUTTLE CAR WHILE TRAMMING TOWARD FACE HE HIT A OFFSET IN BOTTOM, BOUNCED UP IN SEAT WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. ER VISIT RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTRICTIONS WORKED UNT IL 6-30-01 AT WHICH TIME THE MEDICAL SPECIALIST REMOVED HIM FROM WORK.
EE STATES HE WAS RIDING W MANTRIP TO SECTION WHEN MANTRIP WENT THRU DEEP AND BETWEEN OUT CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER BACK ALLEGED ACCIDENT ON 10-10-00 WAS TREATED AS FIRST AID. EE HAS HAD BACK SURGR Y FOR PREVIOUS ACCIDENT ON JAN 1995. INCIDENT WAS TREATED AS RECORRAUCNE BY MEDICAL PERSONAL OF OLD INJURY ON 11-14-00. MEDICAL SPECIALIST MADE ASSEMBENT THAT THERE WAS A NEW INJURY AT WHICH
EE WAS OPERATING A RUPPER TIRE FOUR WHEELER, WHEN TRAMMING THRU A WATER HOLE FRONT TIRE CAUGHT ON ROCK CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO JERK HITTING HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. WENT TO ER. X-RAY REVEALED A POSSIBLE NON DISPLACED FRACTURE OF MIDDLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING A RAIL MOTOR TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE WHEN HE FELT A PIECE OF DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE. THE MANTRIP WAS STOPPED AT THE 15TH X-CUT &ANOTHER EMPLOYEE LOOKED IN HIS EYE BUT DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS.
EE STATED HE WAS OPERATING A SHUTTLE CAR WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK STRUCK HIM ON THE HEAD. MINING HEIGHT WAS LOSS THAN 42" CAUSING LACERATION TO HIS HEAD, AND EAR.