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MECHANIC WAS UN8ER YALE LOADER DOING REPAIRS- HE WAS ON HIS KNEES AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE WITH WRONG MOVEMENT.
THE DOCTOR TERM8 IT "LEFT KNEE OFFUSION".I NAME TOLD ME THE SWELLING OCCURRED GRADUALLY OVER A PERIOD OF 3 DAYS,BEGINNING AROUND JULY 14,1986.HE THINKS THE CONDITION WAS AGGRAVATED BY DRIVING THE DOZER UP AN8 DOWN HILL,WHICH IS PART OF HIS JOB.FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HE HAS BEEN TROUBLED BY GOUT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.HE TOLD ME HE HAS LOST 40 LBS RECENTLY.SO OVER WEIGHT IS CERTAINLY
EMPLOYEE GRASPE8 THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK TO PULL UP TO STEP AS THE UPWARD MOTION WAS COMPLETED HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED JUST SLIGHTLY & EMPLOYEE SAID HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK