NOT WEARING ANY BACK SUIPPORT EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO ROLL A LARGE ROCK TO HELP SOME OTHER MEN. IT WAS TO HEAVY & HE EXPERIENCED PAIN BUT CONTINUED WORKING THAT DAY. SEVERAL DAYS LATER HE HAD TO SEE A DOCTOR FOR BACK PAIN.
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February 16, 1994
CA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
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Bouquet Canyon Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Bouquet Canyon Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STONE INTO THE BUCKET WHEN A JAGGED PIECE ABOVE HIS WRIST PULLED HIS GLOVE OFF CUTTING HIS WRIST AS IT SLID OVER IT.
Bouquet Canyon Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object
INJURY OCCURRED BECAUSE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SLAB WITH MUCH TALLER MAN. SHORT MAN LOST HIS GRIP ON STONE. IT FELL AGAINST HIS UPPER ARM CUTTING A DEEP GASH REQUIRING STITCHES.
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