EE picked up a pallet and started to twist around and lay it on another pile when EE felt a pop in EE's back.
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Showing all 13EE began EE's shift at 3:30 p.m. on 1/11/16. Performing normal duties under normal conditions. EE started out shrink wrapping material. Then EE was going to begin loading rock dust into bags. EE bent over to pick up an empty bag, when EE said EE felt a pop/pull in EE's groin.
while lifting wheel chocks from truck bed a piece of metal got flipped up and hit cheek cutting face, requiring 4 stitches
While trying to dislodge a loaded wooden pallet from loading conveyor, employee was pulling on pallet and felt pain in wrist.
2 employees were moving a roll of shrink wrap one on each end of roll, they bent over to pick up roll and ee hurt his back raising back up with roll.
Throwing shrink wrap bag over pallet of dust.
Bag of rock dust fell off belt line. Employee grabbed bag as it slipped and pulled his left shoulder.
EE was stacking pallets 10 high, 41 lbs each and he felt pain in right side.
EE was cleaning screen on crusher caught right little finger between lock and gate arm.
EE WAS LOADING 50 LB BAGS ROCK DUST ONTO PALLET FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.
CHECKING WEIGHT OF BAGGED ROCK DUST COMING OFF CONVEYOR, TURNED TO HAND BAG TO FELLOW EMPLOYEE.
EE WAS BENDING OVER TO SHRINK WRAP A PALLET OF DUST WHEN HIS BACK LOCKED UP AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
HE WAS CHANGING MOTOR TO RECLAIM SCREW TO ELEVATOR IN MILL BLDG. HE STRAINED HIS ABDOMEN WHILE LIFTING MOTOR IN A TIGHT SPACE.