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EMPLOYEE CLAIMS LOWER BACK WAS HURTING OVER WEEKEND AND ON 12/4. POSSIBILITY OF PROBLEM RELATING BACK TO INJURY OF 9-7-95 THAT WAS OFFICIALLY REPORTED ON 9-8-95 BY EMPLOYEE. PLACED ON RESTRICT ION OF NO HEAVY LIFTING ON 12-5-95.
HE WAS PUTTING AWAY THE SAFETY BELTS THAT HAD BEEN USED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DUST COLLECTOR. AS HE PICKED THE BELTS UP HE NOTICED A STING LIKE THAT OF AN ANT BITE. HE DID NOT THINK ANY THING OF IT UNTIL THE AREA SURROUNDING THE BITE BECAME RED AND IRRITATED THAT NIGHT. HE FINALLY VISITED THE HOSPITAL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE THE BITE HAD SWOLLEN UP QUITE BADLY. HE WAS PRES
EMPLOYEE WAS TESTING EQUIPMENT IN WAREHOUSE. WHILE HE WAS PERFORMING TESTS, HE NOTICED A STING/BITE ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM.
WALKED ACROSS GRATE OF SUMP EAST OF SHOP WAS STEPPING OFF TOP HE TURNED R. FT. IN WARD BENDIGN AT ANKLE
WASP STING TO RIGHT THUMB.
I NAME HAD A HE5RT ATTACK AT HIS WORK STATION, THE BULK LOADING PLATFORM IN THE RAILROAD TRACK AREA OF THE PLANT. I NAME FOUND HIM LYING ON THE PLATFORM BREATHING BUT UNCONCIOUS I NAME TOPPED BREATHING AND E4P STARTED CPR AS THE EMT FROM AMERICAN COLLOID WHO WAS CALLED ARRIVED WITH THEIR EMERGENCY UNIT. THE BUTTE CO UNIT ALSO WAS CALLED AND DID TRANSPORT I NAME TO H OSPITAL WHERE
I MANE WAS WALK3NG INTO THE REST ROOM AND A GUST OF WIND CAME UP AND BLEW DUST IN HIS EYE.