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EMPLOYEE GATHERING TRASH. PICKED UP OFFICE CONTAINERS (20 LBS) AND HAD IN LEFT HAND UNDER LEFT ARM. SAT DOWN IN OFFICE TO DISCUSS MATTER WITH OTHER EMPLOYEE. WAS IN TWISTED POSITION AND WHEN A ROSE TO LEAVE, A SHARP PAIN OCCURRED IN HIS LOWER BACK.
A NO. 12190007 FORM WAS FILLED OUT 1/2/90 ON THIS. EMPLOYEE OFF WORK 5 DAYS AND THEN RETURNED 1/2/90. AFTER VACATION WEEKS OF 4/2/90 AND 4/9/90, HE PRESENTED DOCTOR'S STATEMENT, SO BEGINNING 4 /16/90, HE WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE OFF WORK. EMPLOYER CONSIDERING ACTION TO CONTEST ALLEGED ACCIDENT.
EE LIFTED A 55 GALLON DRUM FROM A HORIZONAL POSITION TO A VERTIZAL POSITION IT WEIGHED APPROX. 100 LB TO 150 LB AND DISTANCE LIFTED WAS THE HEIGHT OF DRUM APPROX. 3.5 FEET, WHEN HE FELT A SEVE RE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WAS IN CRUSHER BLDG MOVING PIECE OF STEEL WHEN REINJURED BACK.
RETURNING TRACK3SPADES TO TOOL BOX EMPL DROPPED LID ON FINGER OF RIGHT HAND IN CLOSING LID ON TOOL BOX.