EE WAS HELPING LOADER OPERATOR FREE ROCKS FROM THROAT OF JAW CRUSHER USING A HEAVY METAL BAR. BAR SLIPPED INTO CRUSHER. EE LEANED OVER RAILING TO GET BAR OUT. WHEN BENDING OVER, MUST HAVE STRA INED BACK MUSCLES (ENTIR BACK).
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March 5, 2002
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perlite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 4, 1999
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perlite Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS SHARPENING A CHISEL WHEN A CHIP WAS LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.
November 25, 1992
NM · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Perlite Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MECHANIC WAS INSTALLING BUSHINGS IN SCREW, SCREW SLIPPED OFF OF FORKS OF FORKLIFT MECHANIC WAS HOLDING SCREW WHEN THE OTHER END OF SCREW HIT THE GROUND MECHANIC FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDE R.
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