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August 1, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lewis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING COAL INTO LOADER BUCKET HURT HIS BACK (BUT DID NOT REPORT HIS INJURY TO LEWIS COAL CO. UNTIL 9/6/91) HE KEPT ON WORKING. FIRST DR. APPT. 9.5.91.

April 26, 1991 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lewis Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON MONDAY APRIL 22ND, HE WAS BREAKING CONCRETE WITH A PICK AND IRRITATED HIS BACK. KEPT ON GOING UNTIL FRIDAY APRIL 26TH. HE WAS SHOVELING SOD AND HURT HIS BACK AGAIN.

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