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EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SNOW OFF SCALES.HE TWISTED AND HURT LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SHOVELING FOR WATER DRAINAGE AND INJURED LOWER BACK. PULLED MUSCLES OR STRAINED MUSCLES.
EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A ROLL A PLASTIC SHRINKWRAP ACROSS FLOOR, WHEN IT HIT A HIGH PLACE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. FALL CAUSED INJURY TO LEG.
EE WAS HELPING REPLACE SPROCKET ON CHAIN ELEVATOR. WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED & MASHED EE'S MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. INJURY REQUIRED STITCHES TO REPAIR.
EE LIFTED A 5 GALLON BUCKET CONTAINING LIMESTONE DUST. SHE LIFTED THIS OUT HER VECHILE AND CARRIED IT APPROX 50 FEET INTO OFFICE. APPROX. WEIGHT OF 50-60 LBS THIS CAUSED PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN, WHICH DID NOT GOT AWAY AFTER A FEW DAYS. EE FIRST SAW DR ON 10-13-95, AND AGAIN ON 10-18-95. THE DR ON 10-18-95 DIAGNOSED HER AS HAVING TWO HERNIAS FROM STRAINS.
EMPLOYEE AND TWO OTHERS WERE REPAIRING A LARGE DRILL PRESS. WHILE RE-ASSEMBLING THE BASE SWIVEL PLATE, IT SUDDENLY DROPPED AND EMPLOYEE INJURED BACK. PULLED OR TWISTED LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBINGON TO FORKLIFT AND PERHAPS TURNED A CERTAIN WAY, HURT BACK. RESULTED INS EVERE PAINAND STIFFNESS. BED REST AND MUSCLE RELAXERS HELPED.
EE WAS BAGGING LIMESTONE IN 50 LB BAGS. AS HE TURNED TO PLACE A FULL BAG ON THE PALLET HE FELT A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK STRETCH.
REPORTED TO CALCO 06-30-91-EMPLOYEE SAID THIS TIME HIS BACK PROBLEMS STARTED AS EARLY AS MARCH 1,1991.HE SAID WHENEVER HE WAS PUT ON BAGGER IT CAUSED HIS BACK TO HURT.INJURED HAD BACK SURGERY IN 1990 AND BAGGING 50 LB BAGS OF LIMESTONE MAY HAVE AGGRAVATED THIS PREVIOUS CONDITION.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING ROTOR ON 16-A ATRITOR AND TWISTED LOWER BACK.
EE WAS LIFTING 9OTAR PARTS & SOMEHOW CAUSED HERNIA TO BECOME SEVERE PARTS WERE NOT HEAVY. EE TELLS US THIS IS FROM INJURY 5 YEARS AGO HELPING LIFT DIFFERENTIAL INTO LOADER AT W ORK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING AUGER PARTS FROM BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK AND PLACING ONTO FLATBED TRAILER AND HURT BACK.PARTS WERE NOT ALL THAT HEAVY,BUT EMPLOYEE SEVERLY STRAINED BACK.HE DID HAVE A PREVIOU S BACK INJURY,A3D MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO STRAIN.
EMP WAS PULLING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL VACCUUM CLEANER ACROSS UNEVEN FLOOR AND TWISTED KNEE AND INJURED IT PERSON HAD SIMILIAR INJURY TO KNEE LITLE OFER A YEAR AGO BUT WE DID NOT KNOW IT AT THE TIM HE HAD BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CALCO LESS THAT ONE MONTH AT TIME OF ACCIDENT