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THE EE WAS REPLACING A LOCK PIN ON A GATE WHEN T HE PIN HOLE WOULD NOT LINE UP THE EE USED A SCREWDRIVER TO TRY AND LINE UP THE PIN HOLES BY PRYING WHILE PRYING THE SCREWDRIVER BROKE LETTING T HE RIGHT WRIST TWIST WE WERE NOT AWARE HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 5-4-93 THIS CLAIM IS BEING DENIED UNDER PA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAWS AS NOT BEING WORK RELATED COPY ATTACHED.
THE EMPLOYEE STATES THATR A DAILY ROUTINE OF BENDING, TWISTING, AND LIFTING WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS A BLASTER CREATED A LOWER BACK PAIN, WHICH BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
EMPL SHOVELING FROZEN DIRT WITH HAND SHOVEL.AT THE TIME DIDNT NOTICE PAIN.THE FOLLOWING AM HAD WSEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A CROSSMEMBER IN FRONT OF THE HOIST DRUM TO CHECK THE OIL IN THE SWINGER AND TO GREASE THE BLOWERS OF A DRAGLINE. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE CROSSMEMBER LETTING HIM F ALL AND STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHBOX MOUNTED IN THAT AREA.
EMPLOYEE BELIEVES HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILE AT WORK. THIS CLAIM HAS BEEN DENIED-COPY ATTACHED FOR YOUR FILE.
EE WAS LOADING A D11 CUTTING EDGE ONTO TAILGATE OF PARTS TRUCK, WHEN THE CUTTING EDGE SLID OFF THE TAILGATE AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE LEFT FOOT.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING FILTER PRESS BUILDING AND WALKED BY A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS USING THE STATIONARY GRINDER MOUNTED ON THE WORK BENCH. AS HE WAS WALKING BY A PIECE OF STEEL ENTERED HIS RI GHT EYE.
EMPL HAS BREATHING DIFFICULTY WEIGHT LOSS HEART PALPITATION DUE TO HIS DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING WHY HE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR RELOCATION TO FORMER SITE OF EMPLOYMENT IN CLARION AREA. THERE HA S BEEN LAID OFF EMPL REHIRED WITH LESS TIME WITHCO & NEW EMPLS HIRED FOR CLARION AREA. HE HAS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS MADE KNOWN TO MANAGEMENT HIS DESIRE TO RELOCATE. CLAIM HAS BEEN DENIED COPY
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FOR OIL LEAKS ON AIR COMPRESSOR. THE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE BLEW EXCESS PRESSURE OFF WHILE HE WAS BENT OVER THE AIR COMPRESSOR LOOKING FOR THE LEAKS. HE WAS WEARING SAFE TY GLASSES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING THE FRONT ENGINE OF HIS MACHINE PRIOR TO CONCLUDING HIS WORK SHIFT. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE ENGINE FUEL AREA OF THE MACHINE, HE STEPPED ONT HE BATTERY BOX COVER HANDLE WITH HIS LEFT FOOT SUSTAINING THE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS RIPPING ROCK WITH THE DOZER WHEN THE RIPPER FELL IN A CRACK IN THR ROCK CAUSING THE DOZER TO DROP,JARRING THE EMPLOYEES BACK.AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE RIPPER.HE CONTINUED TO WORK,HOWEVER,THE PIAN HAS NOT DIMINISHED AND ON JULY 28,1989 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING THE RIGHT DRAG WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED, AND HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST A BOLT PROTRUDING FROM THE GUARD.
EMPL WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM CP DRILL WHEN STEP TILTED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND TWISTING KNEE.
MECHANIC AND WELDER HAD TWO SHEETS OF STEEL ON THE FORKS OF THE TOW MOTOR ONE SHEET HAD BEEN CUT AT AN ANGLE BY A SHEARING MACHINE AND SWHEN THE INJURED SLID THE STEEL OFF THE TOW MOTOR ACROS S THE OTHER SHEET OF STEEL A PIECE OF SLAG EDGE CAME ACROSS THE PALM OF THE L HAND CAUSING THE INJURY
EMP. WAS CUTTING A PC. OF STEEL OFF A 14 YARD BUCKET. THE STEEL HAD BEEN TACKED WELDED TO THE BUCKET. AS HE WAS CUTTING, THE STEEL CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM O THE FOREHEAD CUASING THE I NJU RY.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CLEAN COALSKIRTING IN PREPARATION OF REPLACING SKIRTING AS HE WAS RAISING FRROM A KNEELING POSITION HIS RIGHT KNEE STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE STEEL COVER PLATE SUSTAINING TH E INJURY
EMPL REPLACING EMPTY BARREL WITH FULL BARREL OF GREASE.HAD TO TILT BARREL BACK TO GET IT IN PLACE.WHEN HE TILTED BARREL,FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LO2KING FOR A PART IN STORAGE YARD WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SNOW COVERED BOARD WHICH HAD A NAIL PROTRUCDING FROM IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING,CARRYING EMPTY 55 GALLON DRUM INSIDE MAGNUM PRESS BUILDING OF PREPARATION PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK/LEFT LEG.
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 CORE BARREL FROM STAND ON SIDE OF DRILL, WHEN STEPPING TO GROUND, WHILE HOLDING CORE BARREL, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING BACK SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING IN MAINTENANCE REPAIR OPERATION OF TURNING DRAG ROPE.EMPLOYEE TOSSED A 25 POUND WEDGE ONTO TEH REVOLVING FRAME OF THE DRAGLINE,A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET,WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE 3N HIS LOWER BACK.
SHOOTER INADVER7ENTLY WIRED THE WRONG SHOT CAUSING THE UPPER SHOT TO BE FIRED BEFORE THE LOWER SHOT CREATING 53 HOLES THAT WERE NOT FIRED PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO FIRE 5 HOLES THE OTHER 48 HOES HAVE HAD 45 FT3 OF OVERBURDEN PLACED ON TOP TO PREVENT ANY HOLES FROM BEING FIRED
INJURED WAS FIN3SHING PUTTING OILIN THE TRACTOR. HE WAS STANDING ON THE PUSHARM WITH ONE HAND HOLDING ONTO THE RACK AND THE OTHER HAND ON THE OIL HOSE. AS HE STEPPED FROM THE PUSH ARM TO THE R OCK ON WHICH TH9 OIL TANK SETS, HE SLIPPED INTO THE AREA BETWEEN THE PUSHARM AND TRACK FRAME, SUSTAINING A PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMP WAS UNLOADI3G 30# EXPLOSIVE TUBES FOR USE IN BLASTING OPERATION. HE HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR APPROX 1 1/2 HOURS, WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO STIFFEN AND PAIN HIM
EE WAS HELPING 7O LIFT A CUTTING EDGE IN PLACE ON A BULLDOZER BLADE. AS H E WAS LIFTING HE FELT A SHARP BURNING PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN & LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING THE LADDER ON THE SIDE OF AN EXPLSIVE TRUCK AN ANFO BULK TRUCK AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER HE LEFT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RT KNEE
EMPL REACHING DOWN TO LIFT 50 LB BAG OF SODA ASH FROM SKID TO PLACE CONTENTS INTO WATER TREATMENT BASKET.AS HE LIFTED HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A WATER CATCH BASIN ELEVATED APP ONE FOOT AS HE STEPPPED TO THE FLOOR LEVEL THE MUSCLES JUST BELOW THE LEFT KNEE PULLED
A CONVEYOR BELT ASSEMBLY WAS BEING RAISED AS THE CONVEYOR WAS BEING LIFTED IT SHIFTED LENGTHWISE TOWARDS THE TAIL END THE EMP WAS STANDING AT THE TAIL END OF THE CONVEYOR AND IT PINNED HIM A AGAINST THE WALL FOR APPROX 3 TO 5 SECONDS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPLACE A BUCKET TOOTH ON A DRAGLINE BUCKET, WHEN HE STRUCK THE TOOTH WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A SPRAWL CAME OFF THE TOOTH AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
THE EE WAS RIDING IN T HE SUPERVISOR\S PICKUP TRUCK AS A PASSENGER. AS THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG ON OLD R/R BED THE TRUCK WENT DOWN INTO A DIVERSION DITCH, CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE R OOF OF THE CAB. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EE STATED HE HAD NO PAIN ON 5-23-83.