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THE CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. SIMPLE TASK OF INSTALLING A KEY IN A KEY WAY ON A SHAFT. RATHER THAN USING A BAR TO TURN THE SHAFT EE PUT HIS CHEST ON THE 24" DIA COUPLING AND TRIED TO TURN IT BY HAND. THE FORCE APPLIED TO HIS CHEST BY PULLING WITH HIS ARMS CAUSED HIS STERNUM TO POP.
MOVING BLOCK TO SET PLANT LEGS ON. HURT BACK. CAME TO WORK 8-26-94, BACK WAS HURTING. LEFT AT 11:00 AM.
PICKED UP 5 GAL GAS CAN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FULL BUT WAS 1/2 FULL AND PULLED RIGHT ELBOW FUELING 4" WAKE PUMP.
AFTER ROLLING UP 45 FT. OF A 60 FT. 3" HYDRAULIC HOSE, PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK APPEARED.
WHILE UNLOADING A 55 GAL DRUM FROM A LOADER BUCKET THE VICTIM PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND THE PROCESS PLANT. NO FRACTURE, BUT HAS FOUR STITCHES.