SCREENING PLANT HOPPER WAS BEING LOADED ON TO LOW BOY TRAILER FOR TRANSPORT. EQUIPMENT WAS BEING CHAINED DOWN WHEN EE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP STEEL CHAIN ON THE GROUND. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN TO TH E LOWER BACK AREA AND COULD NT STRAIGHTEN UP . HE EVENTUALLY STRAIGHTENED UP, BUT WAS IN PAIN. HE WAS DIRECTED TO GO TO THE ISLETA HEALTH CLINIC FOR IMMEDICATE MEDICAL TREATMENT.
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October 24, 1991
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Isleta Cinder & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects
August 21, 1989
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Isleta Cinder & Gravel · Struck by falling object
TRANSPORTING STEEL BEAM BY HAND LOST GRIP N BEAM IT FELL ON FT. TRANSP TO CLINIC CLINIC REF TO HOSPIT. FRACTR BIG TOE ON L FT.
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