EE WAS MANUALLY SHOVELING STONES BY A CONVEYOR WHEN THE SHOVEL STRUCK A LARGE ROCK INJURING HISRIGHT WRIST. HE WAS NOT SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN FOR THE CONTINUING DISCOMFORT UNTIL 1/31/02. HIS FOR EARM & WRIST WERE APPARENTLY SPRAINED BY THE SUDDEN IMPACT WITH THE ROCK.
THE EMPLOYEE GOT OFF THE FRONT-END LOADER HE WAS OPERATING TO HELP ANOTHER WORKER LIFT A 55 GAL DRUM FILLED WITH TRASH THAT WEIGHED IN ESCESS OF 100 LBS. AS THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED, HE SUDDENLY FE LT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT ABDOMEN. THE EE WAS NOT SEEN AND TREATED BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL UNTIL OVER A WEEK LATER ON JAN 19TH, 2002. APPARENTLY THE STRAINING CAUSED THE VEINS IN TH