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January 28, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CHANGING OUT IMPELLER ON HEAVY MEDIA PUMP. TOOK CRIB BLOCK AND HIT IMPELLER TO LOOSEN IT. GOT FINGER BETWEEN CRIB BLOCK AND PUMP, CUTTING FINGER.

May 29, 2001 WV · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED FINGER WHILE CHANGING LEFT FRONT LIFTINGCYLINDER ON MINER.

November 8, 2000 WV · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WAS WELDING AND PIECE OF SLAG GOT IN RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WELDING AND PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF THE WELDING AND WENT UNDER HIS WELDING HOOD.

September 20, 2000 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IN A D400-D, INSTALLING J-JOINT IN FRONT DRIVE LINES. WHILE ON BACK REACHING THROUGH SMALL OPENING LINING UP JOINT, HAD PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS IN LEFT ARM AND THUMB.

June 8, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Chicopee Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMB UP ON GREAS TRUCK TO START AIR COMPRESSOR. FOOT SLIPPED AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF TO KEEP FROM FALLIN, TWISTING HIS BACK. NOTE: CO. WAS NOT TOLD OF INJURY TILL 6-9-00. EE FINISHED HIS SHIFT 6-8-00 AND WORKED 6-9-00. WENT TO DR. ON 6-12-00.

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