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WAS HAND STACKI3G 100 LB BAGS OF ASBESTOS FIBRE ONTO WOODEN PALLET. DUE TO AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER BEING DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE.
CUT FINGER ON A3R ARC SLAG. BRACING HIMSELF TO HAMMER ON BOLTS, HAND SLIPPED AND CUT HIMSELF ON ARC SLAG.
STACKING 100 PO6ND CAKES OF FIBRE WITH HELPER HE AND HELPER GOT OUT OF TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK. MAN RETURNED TO WORK FOR 2 WEEK BEFORE LOSING ANY TIME.
HE WAS LIFTING 5 ROCK FROM THE FLOOR OF THE JOY ROOM, OVER INTO THE APRON FEEDER AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM AN AIR LINE CONTROL BOX COVER, HOLDING THE COVER WITH HIS HAND. THE COVER SLIPPED HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE REQUIRED STITCHES TO CUT ON HEAD.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAND UP A FORKLIFT TIRE APPROX WEIGHT 120 LBS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE BACK THE EXAMINING PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED AN ACUTE BACK STRAIN AND RECOMME NDED THE EMPLOYEE BE PUT IN TRACTION
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A PIECE OF 1/4IN PLATE METAL WHEN THE TWO MEN EXERTED PRESSURE TO LIFT THE METAL THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK TH E EXAMINING PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED AN ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN