felt a sharp pain when exiting the truck, strain to low back
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Showing all 7Back Injury, Not sure of exact time/date of injury. Seems to be cumulative from clean-ups while shoveling.
Setting caterpillar water pump, the fill pipe swung and struck employee in the shoulder/neck area.
Strain of the calf muscle. We were setting a pump due to the extreme rain. He pulled his calf muscle while placing pipe. The slope (which was not extreme) may have helped cause the muscle strain.
Employee lifted a tank and strained his back.
REACHED ACROSS CONVEYER TO REMOVE ROCK. HURT BACK DUE TO STRETCH. ALREADY HAD A PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEM FROM NON-WORK RELATED INJURY. REMOVING THE ROCK REAGGRAVATED THE INJURY.
EYES WERE IRRITATED FROM WATCHING WELDER.