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Years on record: 1983–2026
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Scoped to William F Wismer

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November 9, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES: LOADED IN USUAL FASHION. WENT OUT ON SHOT TO HELP. STEMMING WAS THE ONLY PHYSICIA DEMAND. IT WAS A BULK SHOT. A FEW HOURS LATER AFTER SLEEPING. I WOKE UP AND NOTICED A LUMP IN LOWER ABDOMEN AREA. SOME PAIN WAS INVOLVED. WENT TO DR AND WAS TOLD I HAD A RIGHT VENTRAL HERNIA.

August 18, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING ON PADDLES AND HOLDING THEM. EE PINCHED A NERVE AND HAD NUMBNESS IN HIS TOES. NOTE: EE IS A CRANE OPERATOR.

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