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EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN WHILE DRIVING TRUCK.
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 PM ON JULY 14,1989.INJURED (COMPANY FOREMAN) WAS STRUCK BY A CAR.THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON ROCK HOLLOW ROAD,BIRSDBORO,PA.
INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING JOCKEY TRUCK UNDER DUST TRAILER TO CHECK REPAIRS HE HAD JUST COMPLETED TO THE TRACTOR'S 5TH WHEEL. TRAILER WAS LOADED, EXTRA FORCE HAD TO BE USED TO ENGAGE 5TH WHE EL. WHEN TRACTOR MAKE CONTACT WITH TRAILER HITCH, THE IMPACT THREW EMPLOYEE AGAINST BACK OF CAB CAUSING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE CUT TOP OF RIGHT HAND AT KNUCKLE WHILE CLEANING SLIPPAGE MATERIAL FROM UNDER "H" BELT.
EMPL COMPLAINED3BOTTOM OF RIGHT FOOT HURTS WHEN HE APPLIES PRESSURE TO ACCELERATOR.
TRUCK HIT HOLE 3N ROAD.STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND HIT RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING A LARGE BOULDER & STOOD ON SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR. A 100# STEEL IMPACT GRIZZLY SECTION WAS DISLODGED FROM ITS FRAME, TRAVELED 4 FT., STRUCK EMPLOYEE & KNOCKED HIM 4 FT TO THE GROUND. THE 100 LB GRIZZLY THEN LANDED ON HIS WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING ANTI-SKID MATERIAL OUT OF THE BACK OF A TRUCK EMPLOYEE ST ATED THAT WHEN DRIVER BRAKED TRUCK HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND DECIDED TO JUMP OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK RATHER THAN FA LL INSIDE TRUCK BED WHEN HE JUMPED HE TWIST ED HIS RT KNEE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A LIGAMENT