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August 20, 1992 VA · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M C M Mining Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

55021ID HE MUST HAVE HURT HIS BACK SOMETIME DURING THE SHIFT BECAUSE HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MOUNTAL WITH IT HURTING AND ONLY THING HEAVY HE DID WAS MOVE A WELDER DURING HISFT HE DID NOT SAY ANYT 89570END OF HIS SHIFT ON 8 20082 AND HE SAT IN OFFICE AND TALKED FOR AT LEAST 30 MIN THAT ELEVATOR.

August 13, 1992 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
M C M Mining Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

95149ED WAS PUTTING ROOF BOLT IN HOLE. BOLT TWISTED WHEN HE WENT TO BEND IT, CAUSING HIM TO FALL FOWARD AND HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION BEHIND HIS RIGHT ARM.

June 29, 1992 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
M C M Mining Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED STEPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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