June 27, 1992
AL · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Covington Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
THE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING OUT A 5 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR TO THE CONVEYOR. WHEN THE MOTOR WAS LOOSE, HE STOOPED OVER, INSTEAD OF SQUATTING, TO PICK UP THE MOTOR AND HURT HIS BACK. THE INJURY WAS C ONSIDERED MINOR DUE TO THE FACT THE INJURY OCCURRED ON SAT. MORNING AND WASN'T REPORTED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.