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THE INDIVIDUAL 4AS HELPING TO INSTALL THE BACK HALF OF THE FINAL DRIVE WHICH CONSIST OF LIFTING AND PULLING.IN DOING THIS HE PULLED THE MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.HE HAS A HISTORY OF BACK PROBLEMS AND TH3S MAY BE A REOCCURRING BACK INJURY.HE HAD BACK SURGERY TWICE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOVELING ALONG BELTLINE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HSI EYE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS APIECE OF COAL, BUT LATER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A PIECE OF STEEL. THE STEEL EVIDENTLY CAME OFF O OF A ROLLER OR FROM AROUND THE BELTDRIVE.
ALIGNING #2 BELT WHEN HE PULLED UP ON BELT ROPE CAUSING HIS BACK TO GO OUT OF PLACE.
INDIVIDUAL CONTINUOUSLY PULLS MINER CABLE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN A ANGULOID MUSCULAR HERNIA THIS DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL TWO DAYS AFTER IT HAD HAPPENED DR SAID THAT IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON WITH THIS TYPE OF HERNIA
INDIVIDUAL WAS BUILDING A STOPPING WHEN HE WENT TO LIFT A 4" BLOCK INTO PLACE AND A DISC IN HIS BACK SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE.
INDIVIDUAL WAS HITCHING UP A SUPPLY CAR TO A TRACTOR WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND PINCHED BETWEEN THE TRACTOR FRAME AND THE PIN