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October 20, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING WITH ONE FOOT ON AN ANTIFREEZE BARREL AND ONE FOOT ON THE 773-B ROCK TRUCK WHILE PUMPING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE TRUCK THE STEM OF THE PUMP BROKE OFF AND CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO L OSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL,HITTING HIS LEFT SHIN ON THE BARREL AND CAUSING STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

April 11, 1989 VA · Coal electrician helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Race Fork Coal Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS ASSISTING OTHER WORKER IN LOADER TELEPHONES 35' FROM GROUND ONTO POLE TRAILER USED BY THEM TO TRANSPORT PLES USING HYDRAUIC BOOM HOIST. EMPL HOOKED GRIPPING TOOL ONTO POLE BUT WHEN TH EY ATTEMPTED TO RAISE IT IT WAS UNBALANCED & HE STEPPED INTO ADJUST GRIPPING VICE WHEN POLE ROLLED OVER ONTO LEG.

April 4, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING AROUND TAILGATE OF TRUCK,MED SLIPPED CATCHING HAND AND SHOVEL CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST HIS BACK.

February 27, 1989 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM LADDER ON A 988 END LOADER AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

February 6, 1989 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS EMPLOYEE WAS SICK WITH THE FLU THE WEEK OF 01-30=89-02-03-89.HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR THIS CONDITION ON 02-02-89 BUT WORKED ON 02-03-89.MONDAY 02-06-89 HIS DOCTOR CALLED ASKING IF HE SHO ULD TREAT THE EMPLOYEE FOR A BACK INJURY,THE DOCTOR WAS INFORMED TO TREAT HIM IF HE HAD ALLEGED HE HAD RECEIVED AN INJURY,HOWEVER,WE HAD NOT REPORT OF AN EVENT.THE EMPLOYEE CALLED THURSDAY 02

January 3, 1989 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM FUEL TANK OF A MACK TRUCK, WHICH HE WAS OPERATING, HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING ALL THE WEIGHT TO BE SHIFTED TO HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSING THE INJURY.

October 3, 1988 VA · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS PUTTING UP VINYL SHADE EMPL HIT HER HAND AGAINST METAL BRACKET THAT SECURES SHADE IN PLACE RESULTING IN CUT TO RIGHT THUMB.

June 27, 1988 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE OF ENDLOADER BUCKET HOOKING A CABLE TO A MOTOR THAT WAS TO BE LIFTED UP TO THE BREAKER BUILDING. WHEN EMPLOYEE FINISHED HOOKING UP THE CABLE HE STEPPED OUT OF THE BUCKET ONTO THE GROUND AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE CENTER PART OF HIS UPPER BACK.

May 16, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A ROCK TRUCK. HE WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND THOUGHT HE HAD A TURN LEFT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE'S WRIST TO TURN BACK RE SULTING IN A SPRAIN, LEFT WRIST.

April 28, 1988 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD GONE TO THE LOADOUT TO PICKUP COAL SAMPLES. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE LOADOUT DOOR, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, PUSHED THE DOOR AT THE SAME TIME FROM THE OTHER SIDE CAUSING THE DOOR TO HIT HIM ON THE THUMB RESULTING IN A CHIP FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT THUMB.

January 27, 1988 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A SNOW COVERED CRIB BLOCK PUMPING OIL INTO ROCK TRUCK.EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED OFF OF BLOCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL.EMPLOYEE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING HIM T O BREAK HIS LEF7 WRIST.

January 26, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING 950 ENDLOADER PUTTING ROCK OVER END OF ROCK CORE, WHEN LOADER BRAKES FAILED. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OUT OF LOEADER PUTTING OUT HIS HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF CAUSING HIM TO HIT F INGERS AGAINST 9OCKS RESULTING IN A CONTUSION OF FIFTH FINGER ON RGT HAND.

November 23, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPL REPAIRING 9OTARY BREAKER,GUARD FELL ON EMPL LEFT LEG CAUSING SERIOUS BRUISES TO HIS LEG.

August 31, 1987 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A 4"X8"X16HEADER WHILE WORKING ON A BRIDGE WHEN HE STUMBLED TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.RESULTING IN ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN AND SPRAIN.

August 25, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD GO7TEN OUT OF THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING WHEN EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE ROCK TGRUCK BY MEANS OF A LADDER ATTACHYED TO ONE OF THE BEAM LEGS OF THE HOPPER THE LAD DER BROKE LOOSE3FROM BEAM CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL & TO HIT ONTO A CONCRETE SLAB THAT THE BEAM WAS SETTING ON RESULTING IN A BRUISED CHIN LEFT FOOT & STGRAINED MUSCLES IN R.LEG

August 3, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG REPAIRS TO COAL DRYER. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED UP AND STRUCK A PIPE WITH HIS HARD HAT JAMMING HIS NECK.

June 10, 1987 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BEAT ROCK AT THE SILOS WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN SOME FINE PARTICLES OF ROCK BLEW INTO EMPLOYEES EYES.EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE NEXTR DAY TO HAVE TH E FINE PARTICLE8 OF ROCK REMOVED FROM HIS RIGHT EYE.

May 19, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON A SIEVE SCREEN,AFTER CLIMBING UP BESIDE THE SIEVE BOX TO TURN THE SCREEN HE TWISTED AROUND AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND RIGHT LEG.EMPLOYEE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A DISLOCA7ED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

May 8, 1987 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS IS A REOCC6RRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON 12-9-86, WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BATTERY IN A ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER WHE N HE LIFTED THE3BATTERY ONTO THE ROCK TRUCK. THE EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK 4-2087 AND WORKED UNTIL 5-8-87.

April 27, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG A DRYER WEAR PLATE WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON BOTH HIS FEET TURNING BOTH ANKLES OVER BUT ONLY INJURING RT ANKLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ABRASION AND CONTUSION

March 19, 1987 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL PREPARING 8URFACE FOR PAINTING WHEN PIECE OF RUST STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.EMPL WENT TO DR THE NEXT DAY DURING WORKING HOURS AND HAD THE FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LEFT EYE UNDER TOPICAL ANE STHESIA. 3

February 18, 1987 VA · Coal electrician, lineman ELECTRICAL
Race Fork Coal Corp · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING A 480 BREAKER FOR VOLTAGE A METER FAILED CAUSING AN ARCING EXLPOSION CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN A BURN TO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND AND A NOISE INJURY3(TITNITUS) OF EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EAR. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL FEBRUARY 26,1987 WHEN HIS HEARING HAD NOT GOTTEN BETTER.

January 30, 1987 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING3TO UNSTOP A SLURRY LINE GOING FGROM SEPARATOR. THE LINE BECAME UNSTOPPED CAUSING SLURRY TO BE SPLASHED INTO EMP RT EYE. EMP IMMEDIATELY WASHED HIS EYE OUT WHEN THE ACCIDENT HA HAPPENED. EMPLO2EES EYE CONTINUED TO HURT OVER THE WEEKEND HE WENT TO THE DR ON MONDAY 020287

December 9, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING BATTERIES IN A ROCK TRUCK. TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, OTHER EMPLOYEES LIFTED THE BATTERY UP TO EMPLOYEE, WHO LIFTED THE BATTERY UP ONTO THE TRUCK AND THEN MOVED BATTERY INTO PL ACE. WHILE LIFT3NG THE BATTERY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED AND FRACTURED RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER.

November 19, 1986 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE FLOOR IN THE SCALEHOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN CAUSING HIM HURT HIS BACK.

September 22, 1986 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING AN ENDLOADER CARRYING DIRT ACROSS TOP OF POND EMBANKMENT WHEN THE REAR WHEELS OF LOADER RAISED UP CAUSING THE ENDLOADER TO TILT AND TURNED OVER THREE TIMES. THIS RESULT ED THE EMPLOYEE3GETTING A LACERATION OVER HIS LEFT EYE, BRUISING HIS LEFT HIP, LEFT LOWER UPPER AND LOWER LEG.

September 8, 1986 VA · Coal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELIN1 SLUDGE FROM A SCREEN UNDER THE REFUSE BELT & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. RESULTING IN AN ACUTE LUMBAR RADICULAR SYNDROME OF L-4 & L-5.

June 17, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A ROCK TRUCK WHEN DUST PARTICLES BLEW THROUGH THE TRUCK WINDOW RESULTING IN THE DUST GETTING IN HIS EYE

June 13, 1986 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CU7TING A PIECE OF METAL WITH A TORCH AND A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES RT EYE EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR ON 6-16-86

May 23, 1986 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CA9RYING A DRILL PRESS DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STEPS TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE PREP PLANT AFTER EMPLOYEE REACHED THE OUTSIDE HE FELT HIS ARM HURTING WHICH RESULTED IN A SPRAIN OF THE RT EL BOW EMPLOYEE DI8 NOT GO THE DR UNTIL 5-27-86

May 19, 1986 VA · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO LOAD 8D BATTERIES THAT THEY WERE TAKING TO BOOST A BACKHOE AT THE LUKE PREPARATION PLANT WHILE LIFTING THE BATTERIES ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE RUPTURED HIS L2WER RT ABDOMEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR ON 3-20

March 31, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VNG A 773-B ROCK TRUCK, WHEN THE TRUCK HIT A RUT IN THE ROAD CAUSING THE STEEING WHEEL TO JERK ABRUPTLY ANDJAMMED HIS RIGHT WRIST; RESULTING IN A FRACTURED DISTAL RADUIS.

March 27, 1986 VA · Coal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO LOAD DRYER PARTS, USED IN THE PREPARATION P ANT, ONTO A SUPPLY TRUCK. WHILE LIFTING THE PARTS THEEMPLOYEE HURT HISRIGHT SIDE REULTING IN STR ETCHED STOMACH 4USCLES. EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK UNTIL APRIL 18,1986 WHEN HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER REALIZING THAT HE WAS NOT GETTING BETTER AND HE WAS IN PAIN.

February 24, 1986 VA · Coal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING AND CHECKING SHELVES GETTING READY FOR INVENTORY WHEN SHE PUSHED A PILLOW BLOCK WITH HER RT FOOT ON THE SHELF THE BEARING SLID FASTER THAN SHE EXPECTED CAUSING HER TO HIT HER RT KNEE AG5INST THE SHELF THIS RESULTED IN A STRAIN AND SPRAIN TO RT LEG

February 10, 1986 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 INSTALLING A NEW BATTERY INTO A 773-B ROCK TRUCK, THE EMPLOYEE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AS HE WAS LIFTING THE BATTERY INTO THE TRUCK.

January 13, 1986 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

AS THE EMPLOYEE3ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW OF THE ROCK TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO THE EMLOYEES EYE

January 9, 1986 VA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG MAINTENANCE WORK IN THE PREPARATION PLANT, WHILE LIFTING SOME HEAVY OBJECTS. I NAME HURT LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS STOMACH WHICH RESULTED IN AN INGUINAL HERNIA. HE DID NOT MI SS ANY WORK TIL3HE ENTERED THE HOPSITAL ON JAN 20 1986 FOR SURGERY TO HAVE THE INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIRED.

December 26, 1985 VA · Coal drill operator ELECTRICAL
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by flying object

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 HELPING TO CHARGE THE BATTERY ON THE DRILL TO GET IT STARTED, BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER, WHEN THE BATTER EXPLODED CAUSING THE LID FROM THE CASE TO BLOW OFF, HITTING THE EMPL

October 29, 1984 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON TOP OF DRILL TO UNTANGLE HYDRAULIC LINE CAUGHT ON LINE RACK. EMPLOYEES FOOT SLIPPED OFF TOP OF LEVELING JACK RESULTING IN A 4\ TO 6\ FALL TO DECK. EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF P F PUMPS AND OTHER OBJECTS. THIS INJURY HAS RESULTED IN LUMBAR SPONDYLITIS OF L4-5 & SU

September 27, 1984 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNRAVELLING A DRILL CHAIN THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE DRILL HEAD.THE CHAIN SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ACROSS THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE.THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE UPPER LEFT JAW BONE.

September 12, 1984 VA · Coal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AWAY FROM A COAL TRUCK THAT HAD JUST DUMPED AT THE SILO WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER IN HIS HAND RESULTING IN HIS THUMB AND RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND TO BE BROKEN

June 29, 1984 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING POWDER MAGIZINES WHEN THE MAGAZINE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING THE CABLE OF THE WINCH TO STRIKE THE LEGS OF EMP KNOCKING HIM OFF THE TRUCK AND OVER THE HILL

December 12, 1983 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMP WAS RUNNING A LOADER AND LOADING TRUCKS WHEN THE LOADER STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS THE EMP WAS AFRAID THE LOADER WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER A DROP APPROX 15\ HIGH SO HE JUMPED OUT BRUISING HIS RIGHT FOOT, LEFT HIP & BACK

April 27, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE MECHINC WORK ON THE DRILL WHE APPARENTLY THE EMPLOYEE\S FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL RESULTING IN AN ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL BACK STRAIN, RIGHT AND RIGHT INTERNAL OBLIQ UE MUSCLE STRAIN.

March 15, 1983 VA · Coal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

STEPPED INTO BACK OF GREASE TRUCK TO START COMPRESSOR.GETTING OUT OF TRUCK HE STEPPED INTO GREASE CAUSING FEET TO SLIDE OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND EHE FELL FROM BACK OF TRUCK ONTO GROUND.SPRAIN TO BACK AND PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT KNEE.

February 15, 1983 VA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE BREAKER FEED BELT CHUTE. THE ROCK SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND FALL DOWN THE CHUTE.

January 20, 1983 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Race Fork Coal Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING ON A DOZER. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE DOZER TRACK, WHICH WAS SLICK HE STARTED TO FALL, WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF TO BREAK THE FALL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK RESULTING IN A SLIP PED DISC

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