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October 12, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Smith Abrasives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING A CARTON AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 18, 1992 AR · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Smith Abrasives Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A NAVACULITE STONE BLOCK TO PLACE IT IN THE SAW FOR CUTTING. AS HE LIFTED THE STONE FROM A PALLET TO THE SAW HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED IT AS A POSSIBLE CRACKED DISC.

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