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August 8, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Rock Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT FOOT GOT COMPRESSED UPWARDS BETWEEN RAILROAD TIE AND SCALE BACKHOE OPERATOR WAS STARTING TO NUDGE TIE INTO POSITION WHEN JASON MOVED LEFT FOOT TO REPOSITION IT. TIE PUSHED HIS HOOT IN TO WARD SCALE BENDING IT BACK UPWARDS TOWARD JASON.

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