March 18, 2002
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Intrepid Potash - Moab LLC · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EE IS AN OPERATOR IN PACKAGING PLANT. A 50# BAG OF SALT WAS RIPPED IN THE FILLING PROCESS. EE REMOVED IT FROM THE BELT & TURNED & THREW IT INTO THE WASTE HOPPER INSTEAD OF CARRYING IT OVER TO HOPPER. WHEN HE THREW THE BAG, HE FELT A BURNINGIN HIS LOWER RT ABDOMEN & LATER DEVELOPED A LUMP (HERNIA) WHICH HE PUSHED BACK IN. HE'S SCHEDULED FOR REPAIR SURGERY 4/2/02.