EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING PORTABLE CRUSHER. HE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE LADDER, NOT SURE HOW MANY TIMES, WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK & IT TRAVELED DOWN HIS LEFT LEG. HE THOUGHT THE PAIN WAS BE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION FROM THE CRUSHER.
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September 16, 2003
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
October 12, 2000
NY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
MACHINERY
Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT OFF BOLTS FROM THE DOZER BLADE. HE LEANED TO HIS LEFT TO SEE BETTER, WHEN A HOT METAL SPARK BOUNCED OFF OF THE DOZER BLADE AND GOT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLAS SES AND WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
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