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April 13, 1985 NV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Homestake Mining Company Of California · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A SEDIMENT LADEN MAT AND TWISTING TO PLACE THE MAT IN A BUCKET. AGGRAVATED A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. THE STRAINED LOWER LUMBAR INDICATED MARKED MUSCLE SPASM AND THERE WERE NO NEUROLOGI SIGNS BUT DIFFICULTY SITTING UP.

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