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May 21, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coffee County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PULLING LEVERS. SAID LEVER WAS STUCK. PULLED HARD AND SOMETHING POPPED IN TOP OF LEFT SHOULDER.

January 24, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coffee County Highway Department · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON LEVER WHERE BINS ARE AT - IT WAS STOPPED UP.

June 27, 1988 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coffee County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE AND THREE OTHER MEN WERE TAKING SCREENS OUT OF CRUSHER. HE WAS SITTING DOWN; WHEN HE GOT UP HE SAID HE CREAMED HIS BACK. HE RAN A TRUCK THE REST OF THE DAY WITH NO COMPLAINT.

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