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October 13, 1992 WV · Coal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING STEEL WHEN A PIECE OF CHANNEL FRAME (STEEL) SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 16, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

REPLACING FILTER ON HYD SHOVEL NEW FILTER HAD STYRAFOAM PEANUTS STICKING TO SURFACES(STATIC) AREA WHERE THE FILTER WIRE MESH COMES TOGETHER HAD A DEFECT ON A BARB WAS PROTRUDING WITH A PEANUT ATTACHED WHILE WIPING CLEAN WITH HAND PALM CAME INTO CONTACT WITH WIRE BARB CAUSING A 1/8INTO1/4INX11/2IN LACERATION

May 30, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evergreen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54730HAD EXITED FUEL TRUCK WALKING IN MUDDY CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY RAIL FOOT SLIPPED ON ROCK OR UNEVEN SURFACE RESULTING IN KNEE PAIN -LEFT KNEE.LOST TIME FROM WORK DIDNT OCCURR UNTIL EMPL EL 53354 TO SEEK SURGERY TO IMPROVE CONDITION ON 7-21. PREVIOUS INJURY AND SURGERY MAY HAVE CONTRICBUTED TO THE STRAIN.

May 19, 1992 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evergreen Mining Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON THE BOOM SECTION OF THE LOADER; IT WAS RAINING, HE LOST HIS FOOTING, AND FELL. HE LANDED ON HIS TAILBONE ON A THICK PIECE OF STEEL, BRUISING AND CAUSING SWELLING TO HIS TAIL BONE AND LOWER BACK.

May 7, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE GOT CLOTHING WET WITH CONCRETE WHICH CAUSED CONCRETE BURNS.

April 13, 1992 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CUTTING BRUSH & A VINE OUT OF ANOTHER TREE SWANG OUT & HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD & SHOULDERS

April 10, 1992 WV · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Evergreen Mining Company · Fall down stairs

61329NG DOWN OUTSIDE STAIRS THAT HAD ICE BUILDUP.IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID A LOW BEAM STRUCTURE EMPLOYEE PUT HIMSELF IN AN AWKWARD POSITION SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BUTT.INJURIES AREA A PINCHED NE 95509N THE LOWER BACK.

March 23, 1992 WV · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHUTTING SLIDING GLASS IN EQUIPMENT. CAUGHT TIP OF RT. INDEX FINGER. ADVISED AFTER TREATMENT. REQUIRED (5) STICHES & SPLINTING.

March 5, 1992 WV · Coal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evergreen Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE-RIGGING CABLES THAT SUPPORTED A HANGING SCAFFOLD ON A COAL SILO UNDER CONSTRUCTIION. THESE CABLES HAD TO BE MOVED SEVERAL TIMES THAT DAY. HE WAS KNEELING ON CONCRETE ROOF WHILE FTING WEIGHT OF CABLE(ABOUT 50 LBS)THIS TRAUMATIZED HIS RIGHT KNEE.

February 25, 1992 WV · Coal MACHINERY
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TREE WHEN A LIMB FELL, KNOCKING HIM DOWN LANDING ON HIS ARM AND CUT L ELBOW.

December 17, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck by falling object

TREE FELL BACK ON HIM AND HE COULDNT RUN FAST ENOUGH TO MOVE AWAY.

December 6, 1990 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Evergreen Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SAW HIT TREE BAND KICKED BACK IN KNEE

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