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EMPLOYEE IS UNS6RE 25 TO WHIT OF WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT 25 THE DAY PASSED HIS BACK BOTHERED HIM MORE. HE THINKS HE MUST HAVE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE PULLING ON A ROPE TO OPEN BIN DOOR TO LOAD MATERIALS INTO3DUMP TRUCK.
SPLICING 30 CON5EYOR BELT EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL SPILLED FROM BELT BACK STRAIN LOWER BACK.
INJURED WAS SHO5ELING SPILLAGE ONTO A BLET. HE STATES APPROX. 15 PER SHOVEL FULL. HE TWISTED TO DUMP THE METERIAL ONTO THE BLET AND HAD A MUSCLE SPASM IN RIGHT SIDE OF BACK. INJURED HAD BEEN OFF PREVIOULSY1
EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING THE BAG PALLETIZER, A 50 BAG FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE LOSE AND BROKE. THE EMPLOYEE LIFTED ANOTHER 50 LB OF MATERIAL ABOVE HIS H EAD TO REPLACE THE BROKEN BAG LIFTING OF MATERIAL ABOVE3HIS HEAD TO REPLACE THE BROKE BAG. LIFTING THE 50 LB BAGS CAUSED A MUSCLE STRAIN IN HIS NECK.
LIFTING A 5X20X3/4 IN STEEL PLATE EMP WAS WALKING NEXT TO PLATE WHICH WAS ABOUT 18 IN FROM GROUND LIFTING EYE BROKE PLATE CAME DOWN ON EMPLOYEES LEFT SAFETY SHOE MESHING STEEL CAP ONTO TOES C COUMPOUND FRACT6RE TO LEFT BIG TOE AND TOE NEXT TO IT PLATES ARE DECK PLATES FOR TRUCK SCALES AT OFFICE
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING SCRAP PALLETS TO DUMP SITE WHEN HE DUMPED THE LOAD SOME OF THE PALLETS HUNG UP IN THE TAILGATE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO KICK PALLETWS FREE OF TRUCK IN DOING SO EMPLOYEE TWISTED LEFT KNEE TEARING LOOSE SOME CARTLEDGE
REPAIRING AUTOMATIC PALLETIZER-PULLING ON ELEVATOR SECTION EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK. HE HAD PREVIOUS NON-WORK RELATED BACK OPERATION IN LATE 1983. THE REST OF THE DAY HE FELT TINGLING SENSATION IN RIGHT LEG. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED HIS REGULAR WORK SCHEDULE UNTIL 4-6-84 WHEN DR. ADVISED HIM TO TAKE TIME OFF. 4-30-84 RAN MYELOGRAM, 5-2-84 OPERATED.
CHUTE PLUGGED UP WITH STONE-EMPLOYEE STOPPED SYSTEM AND UNPLUGGED THE CHUTE. HE THEN SIGNED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO START THE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR HAD AN EXCESS LOAD WHEN STARTED AND A ROCK FELL OFF STRICKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT SHOULDER.