LIFTING A SEDIMENT LADEN MAT AND TWISTING TO PLACE THE MAT IN A BUCKET. AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. THE STRAINED LOWER LUMBAR INDICATED MARKED MUSCLE SPASM AND THERE WERE NO NEUROLOGI SIGNS BUT DIFFICULTY SITTING UP.
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Homestake Mining Company Of California · Over-exertion in lifting objects
January 31, 1984
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Proquip General Partnership · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SLIPPED ON ICE.
November 27, 1983
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Proquip General Partnership · Fall from machine
EMP WAS REPLACING A DRIVE BELT ON AN ELEVATED SHAKER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL 10 TO 11 FT EMP LANDED FACE OR FRONT PRONE ON HARD METAL SLUCE BOXES
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