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Employee was hosing a conveyor from a water truck. EE was driving the water truck back to the garage when EE felt a sharp pain in the left shoulder on EE's back .
EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DUMPING A LOAD OF "WASTE MATERIAL" FROM HIS EUCLID R30 PIT TRUCK INTO A SMALL LAKE WHEN THE BANK BY THE WATER'S EDGE SUDDENLY BROKE LOOSE SENDING THE TRUCK AND THE DRI VER INTO THE WATER. WHILE EXTRACTING HIMSELF FROM THE TRUCK, EE SUFFERED A LIGAMENTOUS SPRAIN OF THE RIGHT WRIST. A RESULTING INFECTION IS NOW BEING TREATED.
EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WHEN HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SOME DISCOMFORT INHIS LOWER BACK. WHEN THE PAIN DID NOT SUBSIDE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME HE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. HIS INITIAL EVALUATION REVEALED A DISLOCATION OF THE SPINE IN THE LOWER BACK.