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March 17, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L & W Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED DEVELOPED BACK PROBLEMS AND ATTRIBUTED IT TO LIFTING A BELLY-PAN FOR A CATERPILLAR D-8 DOZER. THERE HAS BEEEN A QUIESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT JOB WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURY. MR. BABB ITT WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL APRIL 28, 1983 WAS THE FIRST WE, THE EMPLOYER, KNEW OF THE INJURY.

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