HE WAS CLIMBING UP INTO THE EXCAVATOR WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK AND DROPPED BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND. HE SHUT OFF THE EXCAVATOR AND QUIT WORK FOR THE DAY. HIS BACK CONTINUED T O BOTHER HIM AND HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR TREATMENT THE FOLLOWING EVENING.
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November 17, 1990
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Sand Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 23, 1989
NC · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Triangle Sand Products Inc · Struck by flying object
THE OPERATOR WAS WASHING SAND OUT OF A HOPPER WITH A WATER HOSE HE SAID WATER SPLASHED UP IN HIS FACE AND GOT SAND IN HIS EYE CONTINUED TO BE IRRITATED HE HAD SAND GRAINS REMOVED BY A DR AND R ECEIVED PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS NO TIME LOST
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