EE WAS DRIVING A FORD 7000 WELDER'S TRUCK AT THEJOB SITE. AS HE WAS SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION LEVER, HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER & STRUCK A TW0-WAY RADIO THAT WAS MOUNTED ON REA R CAB WALL OF THE TRUCK. EE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON RADIO. EE FELT A STINGING SENSATION IN HIS ELBOWWHICH LATER SUBSIDER. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED HE NOTICED SWELLING IN THE ELBOW. DRAINED 5/19/95.
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Showing all 2EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NUMEROUS TASKS IN HIS ROLE AS A PIT TEAM LEADER. HE HAD GRABED THE HAULROAD, FUELED EQUIPMENT AND PUMPED WATER. APPROX 45 MINUTES LATER WHILE DRIVING A PICKUP, HE FEL T A STIFFNESS DEVELOP IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE STIFFNESS WORSENED AND PAIN ACCOMPANIED TH ESTIFFNESS, AS HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT. AFTER THE SHIFT, HE WENT TO HOSP FOR MEDICAL EVALUATI