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November 14, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Red Rock Mining (Usa) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LOADING DRILL SAMPLES INTO PICKUP TRUCK I NAME TWISTED HER WRIST SPRAINING HER R WRIST EXAMINED BY A PA IN TONOPAH IT WAS DETERMINED SHE HAD SPRAINED HER FLEXOR DIGITORUM WAS PLACED IN A WRIST SPLINT GIVEN ANTI INFLAMATORY AND MUSCLE RELAXANTS AND TOLD NOT TO USE IT

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