WHILE TRYING TO START A PUMP WITH A PULL ROPE TYPE STARTER THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL TO HIS SHOULDER. THE STARTED HAD TO BE PULLED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED WHILE PULL ING ON THE STARTER.
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Northwest Alloys Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
March 5, 1983
WA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northwest Alloys Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WORKING BENEATH TILT-TOP TRAILER ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING.USING KNIFE TO REMOVE PLASTIC WIRE CONNECTORS WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING FINGER.
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