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November 6, 2018 WV · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that employee strained lower back when left foot slipped while loading blast holes.

October 1, 2018 WV · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that employee stepped in mud and as employee pulled leg out, felt pain in the back of left leg.

September 25, 2018 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee stated they were lifting a bulldozer battery and strained their lower back.

June 19, 2018 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was jarred when the loader bucket slipped while attempting to load a rock.

October 9, 2017 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Installing D20T equalizer bar end pins with a 16 lb sledgehammer strained right shoulder. Did not seek medical treatment until 10/23/17

July 11, 2017 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee injured left small finger when it was pinched while loading a repair part.

June 5, 2017 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut left hand while attempting to remove a plastic wire tie.

May 24, 2017 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated that employee strained employee's right shoulder when employee's foot slipped from the step as employee was dismounting Cat excavator. Employee did not begin missing work until 6/1/2017

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