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August 12, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Three Way Portable Crushing · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE WORKER WAS LIFTING A SUPPORT LEG ON A CRUSHER FRAME IN ORDER TO READY IT FOR RELOCATING.HE EXPRESSED PAIN AND WENT TO THE GROUND,INDICATING THAT HE PULLED MUSCLES SEVERLY IN HIS BACK.

October 20, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Chavarria Construction Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING PARTS 3N CRUSHER PARTS IN PLACE AND WAS LETTING GO LOST HIS GRIP AND RELEASED HEAVY METAL PART BEFORE HAND WAS CLEAR BROKE AND CUT LEFT THUMB

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