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EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT 40 FT ROLLED WATER HOSE TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION
I NAME WAS SHOVELING ROCK OUT FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER FEEDER WHILE THE BELT HAD BECOME PLUGGED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM UNDER THE FRAMEWORK, HE RAISE D UP AND STRUCK HIS BACK ON THE FRAME OF THE CRUSHER SUFFERING A BRUISE TO THE RIGHT HIS AND LOWER BACK AREA.
THIS WAS I,NAME FIRST DAY BACK ON THE JOB FOLLOWING THE WINTER LAYOFF. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT OR PUSH SOME HEAVY LOADING BLOCKS BY HAND TO HELP A SAND PLANT MOVE EQUIPMENT TO A NEW LOCATION AND EVIDENTLY INJURED HIS BACK. AT FIRST, THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS AN AGGRAVATION OF A 1983 NON-JOB RELATED INJURY TO HIS BACK WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY. WE JUST RECEIVED INTO FROM THE DOCTOR THAT
MR FREESE WAS SIMPLY CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO GET INTO A RENTED CAT LOADER (FRONT-END) HE FELT SOMETING PULL IN HIS BACK. HE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL DIAGNOISIS.