EMP PLACED A PRY BAR IN ORE CAR DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN IT. AFTER EXTENDING HIS LEGS FULLY, EMP THEN ATTEMPTED OT ARCH BACK FOR MORE LEVERAGE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EMP FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
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May 6, 1997
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baroid-Division/Dresser Industries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
January 31, 1996
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baroid-Division/Dresser Industries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
AFTAER DUMPING BARITE ORE INTO APRON FEEDER WITHFEL EE WAS BREAKING THE LARGER ROCKS ON TOP OF GRID WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER [16#] WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CALLED SUPERVISOR & GOT SOMEONE TO RELIEVE HIM. HE WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSEAD WITHA STRAINED BACK.
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