Employee claims they fell to the ground when pushed by a co-worker, suffering a lumbar strain.
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Showing all 3While on knees, employee reached under an auger and reports feeling a twinge in back.
EE had talked to another EE between 10:00 & 10:30 and told other EE that the plant was running ok. At approximately Midnight-12:05 other EE found EE on the shop floor with his eyes open and apparently not breathing. Other EE ran to the scale office and told another EE to call 911 that he had checked for a pulse and could not find one.