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EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN FOR 1 1/2 MOS. AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BACK STARTED HURTING 9/25, WENT TO DOCTOR, WHO SAID IT WAS MUSCLE SPASMS. DAYS LATER HAD AN MRI RUN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH SLIPPED DISC.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, WHEN A ROCK GOT ON THE K-FRAME ON THE BACK OF THE BLADE. HE PULLED THE ROCK OFF AND HURT HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-65P DOZER AND BACKED OVER A RIDGE OF DIRT APPROX. 2' HIGH. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE JARRED AROUND WHEN THE DOZER SET DOWN, THEREFORE HURTING HIS BACK .