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August 11, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Gravel Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

A SCREEN DEVELOPED A HOLE IN IT. WE TOOK THE OLD SCREEN OUT THEN WENT AND GOT A NEW SCREEN AND LIFTED IT WITH THE SKID STEER TO EE, WHO WAS ON THE CAT WALK. HE LIFTED THE SCREEN OFF OF THE SKID STEER BUCKET AND BALANCED IT ON THE HANDRAIL. HE MENTIONED THAT SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS ARM. I CALLED AND RECEIVED MORE HELP WITH THE SCREEN AND EE RAN THE LOADER THE REST OF THE DAY

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