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June 13, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Delta Asphalt Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING SOME WOODEN BLOCKS AT THE PLANT AND REPORTED THAT HE PULLED A MUCLE IN HIS BACK. ON 6-17-91 HE WAS PLACED ON NOWORK STATUS AND REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR TREATMENT, HE WAS RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS ON 7-5-91 AND CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY.

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