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EE & CO-WORKER WERE REMOVING SEAT FROM 410 BACK HOE & REPAIR TRANSMISSION. WHILE REMOVING SEAT HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE INSTALLING A CLEAN UP PUMP ON THE FLOOR INJ EE PICKED UP A 90DEG ALL AND FLANGE AND TURNED TO HAND IT TO OTHER EE AND THIS RESULTED IN EE PULLING ON MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS HELPING BACK HOE OPERATOR MOVE SOME PARTSBEHIND WASHER WHEN THE BUCKET SWUNG AROUND AND HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE WAS BRUISED ANDSORE. HE WILL RETURN TO WORK 12/18/97.
EE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE UNIT TRAIN BELT, WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF STEEL CAUSING A 1" TO 2" GASH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THIS RESULTED IN EE RECEIVING TWO METAL STAPLES TO CLOSE THE CUT.
INJURED HAD BEEN ASSISTING W/ THE INSTALLATION OF AN OVERHEAD PIPE LEADING TO A SLURRY SUMP. ASTHE PIPE WAS BEING POSITIONED INTO PLACE INJUREDSTEPPED AWAY FROM THE SUMP BY WALKING ON H-BEAM. INJURED THEN STEPPED OFF THE H-BEAM ONTO A WOODEN 2"X 6" BOARD(WAS LAYING ACROSS TWO H-BEAMS). WHEN EE STEPPED ON THE BOARD, IT BROKE AND EE FELL APPROX 14 FT & 8 IN DOWN TO THE GROUND LEVEL.
INJURED WAS INSTALLING NEW BOLTS IN A HYDRAULIC CYCLINDER OF A KOMATSU EXCAVATOR WITH A 3/4 INCH RATCHET AND SOCKET. THE RATCHET SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT STRIKING INJURED ON HIS RT FRONT TOOTH, BR EAKING THE TOOTH.
EMPLOYEE STATED WHEN HE WALKED TOWARDS HEAD TANK OVERFLOW VALVE TO ADJUST WATER HE FELL THROUGH GRADING INTO #2 CYCLONE SUMPWATER.
EMPLOYEE HAS AGREED TO A LUMP SUM SETTLEMENT ON HIS RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKER'S PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AFTER WORKING FOR 2 1/4 HOURS IN THE WASH BOX MAKING REPAIRS. HE WAS BENDING & KNEELING IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.
HE WAS AWARDED RETRAINING INCENTIVE BENEFITS FOR COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
EMP WAS LIFTING A CAN OF COAL AND FELT A SHARP PAIN THROUGH HIS LEFT ARM AND CHEST.
EMP WAS LIFTING THE COUNTER WEIGHT ON THE #2 REFUSE BELT. EMP HAD 3 TON HOIST ATTACHED TO A HOLEIN BEAM. THE HOLE IN BEAM BROKE OUT AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 4'. LATER IN THE SHIFT, HE STAR TED HAVING PAIN IN BACK AND RT HIP AND LEG.
THEY WERE REMOVING BEARING HOUSING FOR THE AUGER SHAFT BY HAND AND WHEN THE BEARING HOUSING CLEARED THE STUD BOLTS, IT DROPPED DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT RING ON A PIECE OF ANGLE WHICH WAS A PA RT OF THE SUPPORT FOR THE PLATFORM THEY WERE STANDING ON, RESULTING IN A CRUSHED FRACTURE AND PARTIAL AMPUTATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER DISTAL END AT FIRST KNUCKLE JOINT.
EE STATED THAT WHILE PUSHING COAL WITH DOZER, HE STEPPED UP ON STOCKPILE TO A HIGHER BENCH TO PUSH COAL. EE STATED WHEN HE BACKED UP HE BACKED UP TO FAR AND THE DOZER HIT ON THE LOWER BENCH CA USING PAIN IN LOWER RT BACK AREA.
A ROOF FALL OCCURE DON 8-16-95 AT APPRXO 5 AM DURING IDLE SHIFT. THIS FALL IS ON TRACK ENTRY AT #32 BREAK INBY PORTAL THE SIZE OF FALL IS 20FT BY 30 FT BY 4 TO 6 FT HIGH.