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August 4, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Rock LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING ON TO HANDRAIL OF 235 EXCAVATOR WITH LEFT HAND, SWINGING A FIVE GALLON CAN OF WATER ONTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH RIGHT HANDWHEN HE FELT A SLIGHT POPPING AND SHARP PAIN IN LOWER LEFT PART OF NECK AND UPPER RIGHT PORTION OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER. PAIN INCREASED THAT EVENING AND IS CONTINUING.

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