EE BENT DOWN TO LIFT A CRIB BLOCK FROM THE GROUND. AS HE WAS STARTING TO STAND UP WITH BLOCK IN HIS HANDS, HE FELT HIS BACK POP CAUSING PAIN TO HIS MID TO LOWER BACK.
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Showing all 10EE HAE BACK AND RIGHT LEG PAIN BELIEVES INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE. EE HAS ARTHRITIS.
EE WAS LOADING 36" BELT INTO SCOOP BUCKET WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING BELT TAILPIECE, HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT TO FOREMAN OR ANYONE ELSE ON HIS SHIFT EE CALLED THE MINE SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT TO REPORT THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING BELT STRUCTURE NO WAY TO VERIFY ACCIDENT.
EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE SHOVELING BELT HE SPRAINED BACK.
LIFTING ON MINER CABLE, STRAINED BACK.
LIFTING & SETTING TIMBERS ON PILLAR LINE, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
RUPTURE WHILE LIFTING OXYGEN TANK OFF OF MANTRIPRIDE
PULLING BATTERY PLUG OUT OF SET OF BATTERS ON 482 S&S SCOOP STRAINED BACK.