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March 19, 1994 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stalp Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AT THE TIME OF HIS INJURY, HE WAS A LOADER OEPRATOR. HE WAS DOWN AT THE PLANT WHICH WAS NOT IN OPEARTION. HE WAS GOING TO MVOE A BARRELL INTO THE BUCKET OF A TEREX LOADER. HE THOUGHT THE BA RREL WS EMPTY, BUT IT HAD SOME SAND IN IT. WHILE TRYING TO MOVE THE BARREL, HE CAUSED A SLIPPED DISC IN HIS BACK. DUE TO A CHANGE IN PRODUCTION PLANS, HE IS NOW BACK IN THE TRUCKING COMPANY

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