EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BREAKER. MUSCLE PULLED IN LOWER BACK AND STARTED TO HURT, CONTINUED TO HURT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
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Showing all 4EMPLOYEE HAD CHEVROLET BLAZER JACKED UP WITH HYRDROLIC JACK (FLOOR TYPE) AND A CHAIN HOIST HOOKED TO THE REAR TRAILER HITCH. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE WEIGHT SHIFTED CAUSING THE RIGHT SIDE O F THE VEHICLE TO LAY OVER TRAPPING HIM UNDER THE VEHICLE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE FLOOR BY THE RIGHT FRONT BACKING PLATE. ALL WHEELS HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. I,NAME WAS FREED
VICTIM WAS EXITING EQUIPMENT & STEPPED ON UNLEVEL TERRAIN CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE & SEVERLY SPRAIN IT.
WHILE GRINDING 2VERHEAD,METAL PARTICLES BECAME EMBEDDED IN RIGHT EYE.