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October 28, 2013 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E P Bender Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE slipped on frost covered rear loader tire falling onto the tire injuring right ribs and shoulder.

December 17, 2005 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting on D-11 dozer, slipped on snow covered track. Grabbed hand rail and bent left thumb back, dislocating thumb.

November 24, 2003 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN EE CAME INTO SHOP ON 11-26-03 HE SAID HIS LOWER BACK AND LEG WAS HURTING HIM. ON 11-28-03 HE CALLED TO SAY HE WAS GOING TO HOSPITAL. (HE SHOVELS UP COAL & PUSHES AUGERS ONTO SLED ON JOB. ) WHEN HE WENT TO E.R. THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS SCIATIC, GAVE MEDS & TOLD HIM TO REST & GO TO HIS DOCTOR THE NEXT WEEK. HIS DOCTOR (ON 12-2-03) SENT HIM FOR AN MRI ON 12-5-03. IT DID NOT SHOW A

September 30, 2002 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E P Bender Coal Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING ONTO 992C CATERPILLAR HIGHLIFT TO CHECK ENGINE OIL. EMPLOYEE FELT A "POP" IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE HIS KNEE.

May 1, 2000 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
E P Bender Coal Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE NOTED THE ONSET OF HIP PAIN IN MAY 2000 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEFT HIP AVASCULAR NECROSIS. HE STATES THAT THE PAIN IN HIS HIPS WAS SEVERELY AGGRAVATED AT WORK, WHICH REQUIRED HIM TO REMAIN ON HIS FEET ALL DAY AND WALK BACK AND FORTH IN A LIMITED AREA. MAY 7, 2001 HE UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP FREE VASCULARIZED FIBULAR GRAFT FOR AVASCULAR NECROSIS, CREST BONE GRAFT, & CORE DECOMPRESSI

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