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August 27, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee helped lift 80# bag from palletizer. Later, when exiting fork, he said he had pain in low back. Incident not reported earlier due to mis-information from employee and doctor whether he could perform regular job or not.

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