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May 10, 2001
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
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G-P Gypsum Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EE CHANGED GEARBOX IN CRUSHER ON 5-10-01. NEXT DAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS ABDOMEN, WHICH CONTINUED FOR 4 DAYS. HE DID NOT REPORT IT THEN. HIS LOWER ABDOMEN BEGAN HURTING AGAIN ON 6-10-01 WHEN H E WAS WORKING IN THE PLANT, AND HE REPORTED PAIN WAS SEEN BY DR, PRESCRIBED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & MUSCLE RELAXANT AND PLACE ON LIGHT DUTY. *NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 6-10-2001.
March 20, 2001
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Pacific Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEES WERE AT THE DUST COLLECTOR; ONE WAS INSIDE CUTTING REPLACEMENT BAGS. THE WIRE CAGE HASTO BE RAISED UP IN ORDER TO CUT THE BAGS. AN EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF THE DUST COLLECTOR WAS WAITING F OR THE CAGE TO BE HANDED TO HIM. HE LEANED OVER AT THE SAME TIME THE OTHER RAISED THE CAGE. THE CAGE STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH CAUSING A BLOW TO HIS TOOTH.
Georgia Pacific Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WLEDERS WERE ADDING AN EXTENSION ONTO A HOPPER THAT TAKES THE ROCK TO THE MILL. THEY WERE MOVING A BEAM IN PLACE AND HAD VERY LITTLE BODY POSITIONING SPACE, SO HE USED HIS BACK TO LIFT INSTEAD OF KNEES. PULLING LOWER ABDOMEN MUSCLES, RESULTING IN A HERNIA.
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