August 4, 1999
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Rock LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING ON TO HANDRAIL OF 235 EXCAVATOR WITH LEFT HAND, SWINGING A FIVE GALLON CAN OF WATER ONTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH RIGHT HANDWHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT POPPING AND SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT PART OF NECK AND UPPER RIGHT PORTION OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER. PAIN INCREASED THAT EVENING AND IS CONTINUING.