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November 27, 2023 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Merrick Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was shoveling sand at the sand plant and had soreness in employee's back. The next morning employee could hardly move with the pain from the muscles in chest and back.

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