EMPLOYEE HELPIN GRAIL CREW PULL SPIKES AND PUT SPIKES IN WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. THAT EVENING WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS MUSCLES TIGHTENED IN HIS BACK.
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Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TOKNOCK A BOOM CYCLINER PIN OUT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE USING THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.
October 18, 1989
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE DRIVING PIN IN WITH HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.
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