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Employee and co-worker carried a bottle of oxygen approximately 25 feet and loaded it into a service truck, a lift of approximately 3 feet. During the lift he felt a burning in the lower right side of his back.
EE ROLLED A 55 GALLON DRUM OF ANTIFREEZE INTO THE BUCKET OF A LOADER. HE ROLLED THE DRUM APPROX.3'. AT THE END OF HIS WORK SHIFT (5 PM) HE WAS COMPLAINING OF HIS BACK HURTING.
A TIRE FOR A POWDER TRUCK HAD FALLEN OVER FROM A FUEL TANK THAT IT HAD BEEN LYING AGAINST. AS EE WENT TO PUT IT BACK UP HE HURT HIS BACK. EE WAS ALSO INJURED (HIS BACK) ON 1-17-02 AS HE WAS HO LDING A BAR THAT HAD A MOTOR ON IT. THIS ACCIDENT ON 1-17-02 WAS REPORTED TOO.
EMPLOYEE AND HIS HELPER WAS HOLDING A SLATE BAR WITH A TRAM MOTOR FOR A D45 DRILL HANGING FROM IT AND WAS BEING LINED UP BY ANOTHER HELPER. AS HE WAS HOLDING THE SLATE BAR HE FELT A PAIN IN HI S BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING THE FINAL DRIVE OFF OF A 992 LOADER TO REPAIR THE BREAKING SYSTEM. THE FINAL DRIVE WAS HOOKED TO A HOIST ON THE SERVICE TRUCK. WHEN THE FINAL DRIVE CAME LOOSE IT SLIPPED AN D CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE DRIVE AND THE FRAME OF THE LOADER.