Employee stated on 8/12/2020 that employee felt some lower back pain after shoveling the previous day. After lengthy evaluation, determined to be a pre-existing degenerative disc condition that was aggravated by work activity.
EE WAS USING A HAND WINCH AND THE LOCKING MECHANISM FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING THE HANDLE TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FOREARM.
THE WORKER WENT TO CLOS THE DUMP TRUCK GATE. A ROCK WAS WEDGE UN TE GATE AND WHEN HE REMOVED IT THE GATE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, PINCHING HIS LEFT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. FINGER WAS FRACTUR ED AFTER 1ST JOINT.