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CABLE HOOKED AROUND LOG BEING REMOVED CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON LEFT KNEE.
OTHER EMPLOYEE AND I,NAME HAD SET A 6" WATER PUMP IN PLACE, AND HAD THE OUTLET HOSE OVER THE OUTSLOPE. THE OUTLET HOSE RAPPED AROUND AND SNAGGED ON A TREE 1 1/2" IN DIAMATER. THEY BROKE THE DE AD TREE OFF AND LIFTED THE HOSE OVER IT. I,NAME THEN LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARD. WHEN THEY DROPPED THE HOSE IT DISLEDGED A ROCK 2' IN DIAMATER THAT ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPE AFTER HIM. HE
GETTIG OUT OF COAL TRUCK & FELL.
ON MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL, STOCKTON COAL PIT. I.NEAME AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A ROCK GUARD INTO PLACE UNDER A D9H DOZER. WHEN HE APPARENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT A CCIDENT TO EMPLOYER. HE WORKED 3 DAYS AFTER INJURY. THE FIRST KNOWLEDGE COMPANY HAD OF INJURY WAS WHEN DOCTORS OFFICE CALLED ON JAN. 12, 1989.
HE DID HIS START UP WALK AROUND AND HEARD A BEARING SQUEAK ON THE LONG CONVEYOR. HE LEFT HIS HARD HAT HANGING ON THE AUGER THE NIGHT BEFORE. HE WENT TO GREASE THE BEARING BEFORE GETTING HIS HA RD HAT. AS HE WAS GREASING, A FEW ROCKS FELL FROM THE WALL STRIKING HIS HEAD AND RIGHT ELBOW.
CLEARING GROUND FOR NEW ROAD, SLIPPED AND FELL.