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EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE BELIEVES THE CAUSE OF THIS PAIN IS FROM THE CONTINUAL OPERATION OF USING HIS LEFT ARM, HAND AND SHOULDER TO STEER HIS FRONT -END LOADER.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERTING A FRONTEND LOADER WHEN HE H IT A DIP IN THE ROADWAY CAUSING THE BUCKET TO STRIKE THE GROUND & THROWING THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE WINSHIELD INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE EMPLO YEE WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT
EE WAS OPERATING CO VECHILE ON THE PINEY ROAD WHEN HE STRUCK A ROCK ON THE ROAD CAUSING THE INJURY TO HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WS OEPRATING WELDING TRUCK ON HAUL ROAD, WHEN THE TRUCK STRUCK SOME RUTTS IN THE ROAD, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE OFF HIS SEAT. HE LANDED WITH HSI RIGHT LEG COMPING DOWN ON HIS R IGHT TESTICLE, SUSTAINING THE INJURY.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN LOADING RAILROAD CARS AT LOAD OUT FACILITY AS HE WAS DROPPING EMPTY CARS IN PREPARATION TO BE LOADED, THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE CARS TO STRIKE ANOTHER CAR WAITING TO BE LOADED. THE IMPACT OF THE CARS COMING TOGETHER CAUSED THE EE TO STRIKE THE TOP OF THE CAR HE WAS ON WITH HIS CHEST SUSTAINING THE INJURY.
EMPL WAS REMOVING OVERBURDEN USING CATERPILLAR 988 LOADER DUE TO POOR BLAST OF OVERBURDEN HE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL JOLTS TO HIS BACK WHEN DIGGING THE OVERBURDEN HE DID NOT SEE A DR TILL 7-17-89 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN AND GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION OF FELDENE NO TIME FROM WORK WAS LOST
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER PAN THE PAN RAN UP OVER A LARGE STONE AND WHEN THE PAN DROPPED DOWN OFF THE STONE THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK
THE EE WAS RIDING IN T HE SUPERVISOR\S PICKUP TRUCK AS A PASSENGER. AS THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG ON OLD R/R BED THE TRUCK WENT DOWN INTO A DIVERSION DITCH, CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE R OOF OF THE CAB. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EE STATED HE HAD NO PAIN ON 5-23-83.