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May 5, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A P Green Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE SEVERAL BAGS OF CEMENT (100LB BAGS) FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK NO DISCOMFORT WAS NOTICED IMMEDIAT ELY BUT HE DEVELOPED A BACK ACHE THE NEXT MORNING H E NOTIFIED ME THE FOLLOWING MON MORNING BUT STA TED THE PAIN WAS MINOR I NOTICED HE WAS STILL SORE A MONTH LATER & TOLD HIM TO GO TO A DOC WHO DIAGNOSED A HERNIATED DISK

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