NOT KNOWN: EE TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEE(PLANT MGR.) THAT IT WAS NOT JOB RELATED, THAT HE WOKE UP WITH A SORE BACK, AND HIS PRIVATE INSURANCE WOULD COVER. HE BEGAN MISSING WORK ON 9/17/92 AND DID NOT CALL IN UNTIL 9/22/92.
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Showing all 354736YEE WAS HELPING TO HOLD A SHAFT ON A 922 LOADER WHEN THE WEIGHT SHIFTED,PUTTING ABOUT 80 LBS WEIGHT ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER,CAUSING BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS BENDING AND STACKING BAGS FROM A CONVEYOR ONTO A PALLET, WHEN HE EXPEREINEED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. NOTE EE HAD COMPLAINED OF A BACKACHE IN AUG 91 WHICH WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SWOLLEN AND INFLAMED PROSTATE BY DR AND DR RATHER THAN A BACK INJURY.