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March 7, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kohler Pit Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND COWORKER WERE REPLACING CATWALK BOARDS. EE WAS SITTING ON CONVEYOR #6 BELT. THIS CONVEYOR NOT LOCKED OUT, TAGGED OUT. CONVEYOR #6 WAS INADVERTENTLY ENERGIZED. AND EE WAS PULLED UP TO A BEWLT SUPPORT. THIS ACTION PULLED EE AROUND & THE SUPPORT HIT HIM IN THE BACK. STRAINING A PRE-EXISTING BACK CONDITION.

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