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March 16, 1983 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATED HE WAS IFTING WHEEL UNIT FOR SCOOP AND PUTTING UNIT ON BED OF PICKUP AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK HE FURTHER STATED HIS BACK DID NOT HURT UNTIL 5 30 OR 6 PM THAT EVENING BUT HE WEBT IB ABD WIRJED FOUR HOURS OVERTIME WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT

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