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PICKED UP A 50LB BAG AND STARTED WALKING UP THE STAIRS, FELT SOMETHING LIKE A SHARP POKE IN THE LOWER BACK. EE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER, SO FINISHED OUT THE DAY. WENT TO THE CHIROPRACTOR, THEN WENT TO DR WIENS
EE WAS MIXING, STACKING 50LB BAGS.
WAS STACKING BAGS ON A PALLET, BENT OVER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK.
EE WAS PUTTING SHRINK WRAP ON PALLET. BACK POPPED. HE SAW A DOCTOR ON FRIDAY & HAS ANOTHER APPT WITH HIM THIS WEEK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SHEET OF PLYWOOD W/HIS RARM. AS HE WAS LIFTING THE PLYWOOD, HE FELT SOMETHING PULL BEGINNING AT THE R. SHOULDER AND ACROSS THE BACK DIAGONALLY AND DOWN THE L. LEG. HE INITIALLY SAW A CHIROPRACTOR SEVERAL TIMES. HE RETURNED TO WORK 10/29/01 TO 11/12/01. ON NOV12TH HE INJURED IT AGAIN BY BENDING OVER. THE DRBELIEVES HE MAY HAVE PULLED HIS SCIATIC NERVE.