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INJURED & ANOTHER EMPL WERE REMOVING AIRSLIDE VALVE FROM LOADOUT AREA OF RAI LSILOS. WHILE THEY WERE CARRYING VLAVE DOWN TO GROUND LEVEL OF RAIL SILOS INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK AREA.
WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EMPL LIFT RAILROAD TIE INJURED FELT A PAIN IN HIS R TESTACLE
INJ HELPING TO RE SPLICE BELTING AT CLINKER BELT CONVEY. LIFTED ON SECTION OF BELTING TO HELP FREE IT A(D FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK AREA. FIRST TO DR. ON 2-7-89.
INJURED WHILE PLACING REFRACTORY BRICK IN KILN BENT OVER AND FELT CATCH PAIN IN LOW BACK AREA INJURED TO DR ON 11-4-88
INJURED HAD COMPLETED A REPAIR ON #4 FINISH MILL CLUTCH AND WAS GETTING DOWN FROM MILL MOTOR PEDESTAL. WHILE GETTING DOWN, INJURED CAUGHT FINGER RING ON CLUTCH GUARD CAUSING LACERATION TO RING FINGER.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO LIFT 20 FT LENGTHS OF FORMED STEEL INTO STEEL RACK STOCKROOM ONE-HALF HOUR AFTER COMPLETING JOB, HE FELT SORENESS IN LOW BACK TO DR 9-22-88, FIRST DAY DISABILITY 9-23-88
INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE LIFTING A BALL VALVE INTO A TRUCK. THE WEIGHT OF THE VALVE SHIFTED, INJURED JERKED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VALVE AND FELT PAIN IN LOW BACK AREA.
WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO PREPARE COAL MILL FOR INSTALLATION OF FAN. AS INJURED'S HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF HE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON FAN SHAFT CAUSING CUT ON FOREHEA D.
INJURED AND ANO7HER EMPLOYEE WERE USING TWO CABLE AND HAUL TRUCK TO PULL ROAD GRADER FROM AREA WHERE IT WAS STUCK. AFTER FREEING GRADER, BOTH EMPLOYEES REMOVED TWO CABLE AND PULLED IT OUT OF W AY WHILE PULLIN1 ON TWO CABLE, INJURED FELT PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW. (INJURY WAS REPORTED AND EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR @8:30 AM ON 2-3-88.)
INJURED HAD JUS7 FINISHED SERVICING #400 LOADER AND WAS WALKING AROUND SIDE OF MACHINE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CHANGED THELOADER AIR FILTER AND TOSSED IT DOWN FROM THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE AS INJURED WAL5ED AROUND SIDE. INJURED WAS NOT WEARING REQUIRED HARD HAT AND WAS STRUCK IN FOREHEAD BY AIR FILTER, CAUSING LACERATION.
INJURED WAS PAS8ENGER IN EUCLID HAUL TRACTOR, RIDING FROM CRUSHER AREA TO QUARRY OFFICE TO MAKE PHONE CALL AND HAVE COFFEE. AS HE DESCENDED TRACTOR LADDER (OUTSIDE QUARRY OFFICE BUILDING), IN JURED STEPPED W9ONG AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
WHILE OPERATING3EQUIPMENT IN PACKHOUSE ON 082187 INJURED LIFTED-PULLED ON BAG OF CEMENT (WEIGHING APPROX 94LBS) TO RE-POSITION(STRAIGHTEN) IT ON CONVEYOR LINE AS INJURED RE-POSITIONED BAG HE F ELT PULL IN LOW9R LEFT GROIN AREA INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 700 AM ON 082287 WHEN INJURED WENT TO DOCTOR
EMP COMPLAINED 2F SORE HIP ON MON AND LEFT WORK SAYING HE DIDNT KNOW WHAT CAUSED PROBLEM, BUT FELT IT WAS DUE TO LIFTING A 5 GALLON OIL CAN ON PREVIOUS FRI EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NO DISCOMFOR OR O THER INDICATION3OF INJURY AT THAT TIME. EMP WAS HOSPITALIZED ON THUR SUFFERING FROM SCIATICA DUE TO AGGRAVATION OF PRE-EXISTING BACK CONDITION. ACTUAL CAUSE OF AGGRAVATION (AND RELATION TO WO
INJURED WAS HEL1ING TO INSTALL GRATE SUPPORT BEAMS IN #2 KILN COOLER.AS HE WAS PULLING ON BEAM TO HELP POSITION IT,HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LET GROIN AREA.INJURED NOTICED A BULGE IN THE SAME GROI N AREA LATER IN3THE DAY AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR.DOCTOR THEN SCHEDULED CORRECTIVE SURGERY FOR TUESDAY MARCH 3,1987 AT 8:00 AM.
INJURED WAS HELPING TO INSTALL REFRACRTORY (BRICK) IN KILN WHILE HANDLING BRICK INJURED EXPERIENCED INCREASING PAI IN LOW BACK AREA INJURED HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING LOW BACK DISCOMFORT OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE (INJUREDS FIRST LOST WORK DAY WAS 082685)