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August 19, 2004 WV · Coal water truck operator OTHER
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING ACROSS CAB OF WATER TRUCK TO SHUT THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 30, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE DISMOUNTING 988 END LOADER FROM RIGHT REAR STEP, MISSED BOTTOM STEP. THIS CAUSED INJURY BY FALLING INTO STEP BRACKET. INJURY TO RIGHT RIBCAGE (2 BROKEN RIBS).

February 18, 2003 WV · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SITTING ON A BUCKET TIGHTENING BOLTS ON A FRONT SUSPENSION CYLINDER, STOOD UP AND BACK AND MID-SECTION STARTED HURTING.

February 6, 2002 WV · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS USING SLEDGEHAMMER ON BOLTS, RESULTING IN SWELLING & NUMBNESS OF HIS HANDS.

January 30, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

PRESSURE WASHING PARTS AND SPRAY GOT IN HIS FACE.

January 27, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS PRESSURE WASHING THE STRUCTURE THEY WERE WORKING ON AND THE SPRAY GOT UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD. THE ALKALINE MIXTURE BURNED HIS FACE.

January 3, 2002 WV · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING IN AN ACCESS PANEL AND LOST HIS BALANCE CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON CRIBBING. EE WAS TREATED ON 1/4/02 AND RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK, BUT HE LEFT THE JOB EARLY. WE HAD NOT HEARD FROM HIM AND WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTACT HIM SINCE THAT DATE. I RECIEVED AN OFF WORK SLIP FOR PERIOD 1/8/02 TO PRESENT FROM A DR. TODAY MAKING THE INJURY REPORTABLE.

August 1, 2000 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dunn Coal & Dock Company · Fall down stairs

EE STATED THAT WHILE DISMOUNTING THE GRADER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM STEP AND JAMMED HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE GROUND.

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