SQUATED DOWN TO WORK ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. GOT UP & TURNED AT SAME TIME, KNEE MADE A POP. NO PAIN, AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS STARTED TO HURT, DOCTOR SAID TO EXERSIZE IT & TAKE IT EASIER ON IT. KNEE GOT BETTER, NO PROBLEM. MONTHS LATER KNEE STARTED TO HURT. SAW DOCTOR, DID OUT PATIENT SURGERY TO SEW TORN CARTILAGE IN KNEE. SPENT 5 DAYS OF LIGHT DUT, NO LOST TIME-SURGERY 8-12-94.
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Showing all 3EMPLOYEE HAD REOCCURRENCE OF INJURY ON 04-29-91 AND WAS OFF WORK AGAINS UNTIL 05-23-91.THEN ON 05-31-91 HE HAD ANOTHER REOCCURENCE AND HE IS STILL OFF WORK.
VISIT TO HOSP. EMERGENCY ROOM ON 5-13-90 2 DAYS LATER DISCOVERED PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE. COULD NOT GOT OPTHAMOLOGIST UNTIL 5-15-90 WHEN ANOTHER METAL FRAGMENT WAS REMOVED THE MAN WAS IN T UCSON AZ ALL THIS TIME APPT WAS MADE LOCALLY ON 5-17-90 WHERE HE WAS RELEASED FOR FULL DUTY THAT NIGHT THE MAN .