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Employee was driving down highway, made a right turn and steering wheel locked up on tractor/trailer causing shoulder pain.
Employee notified supervisor that he had had surgery on his arm, and that the doctor told him it was job related. The doctor said it was nerve damage from laying arm on window seal of truck while driving.
Packaging palletizer #2 feed conveyor was coming apart at the splice. Employee asked forklift operator to get the lift cage with the forklift to assist him in the repair. While the employee was in cage he leaned forward and the cage and employee fell from forklift. The fall was from 4 feet. The employee sustained a head cut and bruised elbows.
EE WAS CHANGING LINE OVER BY MOVING CONVEYOR BELT OVER TO FLIP BAGS OVER ON RT. SIDE UP, WHEN HEFELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER & UPPER BACK. EE WAS TAKEN TO DR. OFFICE AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR BACK STRAIN.