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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 637D CATERPILLAR PUSH PULL SCRAPER REMOVING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WHEN HIS FRONT WHEEL FELL INTO A HOLE IN THE P IT OVERBURDEN JARRING EMPLOYEE FROM DROP & EMPLOYEE F ELT A SHARP PAIN SHOOTUP HIS BACK & FELT A NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT ARM EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT (REPORTED JAN.24 1989) EMPLOYEE RECEIVED TREATMENT FROM A

EMPL WAS OPERATING 637D SCRAPER & WAS TRAVELING ROAD BETWEEN OVERBURDEN REMOVAL POINT & SPILL AREA. ON RETURN TRIP EMPL CAME AROUND CURVE IN ROAD & HIT RUT IN ROAD WHICH JARRED EMPL AGAINST VEHICLES ROLL BAR BRUISING HIS HEAD ON LEFT SIDE. EMPL HAD DIZZY SPELLS & PROBLEMS WITH EYE FOCUS, DR WAS CONSULTED, X-RAYS WERE TAKEN & EMPL WAS EXAMINED & TREATED FOR SLIGHT CONCUSION.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS AT HIS ASSIGNED TASK OF REMOVING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WITH A 637D SCRAPER AND STOCKPILING THE SUSOIL INAN ASSIGNED PLOT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE DROVE OVER BUMPS AND DIPS IN THE AREA WHICH HAD CAUSED THE EMPLOYEES BODY TO BE TWISTED FROM THE MOTION OF THE SCRAPER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOINDED TO ADJUST HIS SPEEDS ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADWAY O

EMP AGGRAVATED 0ORMER BACK SURGERY AREA BY PERFORMING ASSIGNED TASK OF STRIPPING OVERBURDEN FROM COAL WITH A 637D CAT SCRAPER DUE TO REPEATED TRAUMA OF AREA FROM REPEATED MOTIIN AND VIBRATION .INFLAMATION TY1E ILLNESS