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December 30, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Gold Fields Mining Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

STOCK WAS TRANSFERRING 50LB BOXES OF EXPLOSIVES FROM POWDER TRUCK TO WOOD BOX ON MUCK TRUCK WHEN ICY SNOW CONDITION CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND STRAIN HIS GROIN SLIGHTLY HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS SERI OUS HE FINISHED THE SHIFT AND REPORTED BACK TO WORK TUES 010384 THE EVENING HE WENT TO A DOCTOR WHO HOSPITALIZED HIM

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