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EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN O-RING ON HIS HIGH LIFT USING A WRENCH, RATCHET AND SOCKET. HE WAS SITTING UNDER THE MACHIN,E HIS LEFT ARM WAS ABOVE HIS HEAD PUSHING THE WRENCH. HIS BACK WAS AGAIN
ON DATE INJURY OCCURED EMPLOYEE WAS BENT DOWN GREASING RIPPER ON THE DOZER. AFTER GREASING ONE SIDE HE TWISTED TO REACH THE OTHER SIDE WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS KNEE. THERE WAS SOME DISCOMFORT AT THE TIME BUT IT DID NOT SEEM TOO SERIOUS. WHEN SORENESS DID NOT GO AWAY BY 11-20-90 HE REPORTED TO THE OFFICE WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT STILL DID NOT THINK HE NEEDED MEDICAL ATTEN.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE MECHANIC WHILE HE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER ON A TRACK.WHEN MECHANIC HIT THE TRACK A PIECE OF METAL HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK.AT FIRST HE THOUGHT THERE WA S JUST A SMALL CUT AND HE PUT A BAND-AID ON IT.LATER HE THOUGHT HE COULD FEEL SOMETHING IN THE CUT AND AFTER WORK HE WENT TO THE DR..HE HAD X-RAYS WHICH TAKEN SHOWED A SMALL PIECE OF METAL TH