Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

WAS REMOVING A STUCK ROCK FROM #1 BELT OUT OF FEEDERS, EE WAS USING A PRY BAR AND OTHER EE WAS PULLING ON IT. AT THIS TIME HE FELT A MINOR PAIN IN HIS LUMBAR BACK AREA.

EE WAS AT THE LUBE AREA WITH HIS END DUMP TURNED OFF AND WHEELS CHOCKED. HE WAS INSPECTING THE UNDER CARRIAGE AND UPON COMPLETION HE WAS BACKING OUT BENT OVER. HE THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR OF THE M ACHINE AND RAISED UP, HITTING THE AIR TANK DRAIN SPIGOT WITH THE CENTER OF HIS BACK.

EE WAS HITTING PLUGGED SCREEN WITH BRACE HAMMER, HEAD OF HAMMER WENT THROUGH SCREEN OPENING ALLOWING HIS FINGER TO BE PINCHED BETWEEN SCREEN AND HAMMER HANDLE.

ASSEMBLING D-9 DOZER, PUTTING SWING ARM ON BLADEWHILE MOVING SWING ARM, CHAIN SLIPPED. SWING ARMHIT GROUND AND BOUNCED ON TOP OF VICTIM'S LEFT FOOT.

EE EXPERIENCED NUMBNESS ON 1 SIDE OF FACE 4/9/98HE WENT TO DR. AFTER SEVERAL EXAMS DR SUGGESTED THAT HE HAD A POSSIBLE DISK HERNIATION IN THE NECK AND CERTAI TESTS WERE REQUIRED. TESTS CONFIRM ED THAT HE HAD BULGING DISKS C3C4C4C5 & C5C6. ITWAS ALSO NOTED IN THE DR REPORT AS AN INCIDENTALFINDING THAT HE HAD BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN HIS WRISTS. SURGERY WAS RECOMMENED BY

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EE BEGAN CLIMBING DOWN A 6 FOOT LADDER TO GET TO THE GROUND LEVEL. WHEN HIS FEET REACHED THE 2ND RUNG, THE LADDER BEGAN TO SLIP FROM ITS LANDING AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS CHEST ON A BLOCK OF WOOD.

EMPLOYEES TOGETHER (3) 3"X20' PIPE JOINTS (SEPERATELY) INTO A TRAILER WHICH STTOD ABOUT 18" OFF THE GROUND. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, THE EMPLOYEESTOGETHER, UNLOADED THE SAME PIPE JOINTS MONDAY, (7-1-91) THE INJURY WAS REPORTED AND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED AN INJECTION AND PRESCRIPTION FOR MUSCLE RELAXATION.