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Employee claims they were jarred in the loader while coming down ramp, causing a strain of lumbar region.
While driving to load out customer at 3" minus, operator struck a frozen wheel tire rut and bounced in seat sharply. This caused a low back injury.
The employee was operating the loader in the plant when the bucket dropped suddenly stopping the loader short, which propelled employee's body forward, causing muscle sprains.
Employee was lowering man lift when positioning difficulty occurred causing boom to swing right then left which caused employee to lose balance and fall back against the bucket wall injuring his right knee
Operation 990 loader machine hit knot operation jarred forward hit elbow right.
EE INSPECTING TROTHING IDLERS ON CONVEYOR #22. AFTER INSPECTING WENT TO REACH FOR HANDRAIL, MISSED, ARM GOT DRAGGED THRU THE IDLER.
THIS ICIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE EE WAS HAULING SILT. WHILE PROCEEDING UP A RAMP, THE SURFACE OF WHICH IS A 6"STONE SUBASE WITH SILT & FINES, THE LOAD SHIFTED & THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE LIFTED. REALIZING THAT HE WOULD NEED A DIFFERENTANGLE TO NEGOTIATE THE TURN AT THE TOP OF THE RAMP, THE DRIVER CHOSE TO BACK THE TRK DOWN THE RAMP WHILE THE TRK WAS BEING BACKED DOWN THE RAMP