HE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK.
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E-Town Supply Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
May 8, 1989
WV · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E-Town Supply Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
WAS TYING OFF A BARGE WITH ROPE IN RIGHT HAND. ROPE GOT FOULED AND JERKED LOOSE TWISTING WRIST IN PROCESS.
August 25, 1988
WV · Coal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
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E-Town Supply Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INJURED WAS SAMPLING COAL WHEN HE TWISTED WAAY FROM THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT.HE DROPPED THE SHOVEL WITH THE COAL SAMPLE AND SOMETHING POPPED.HE COULD NOT STAND STRAIGHT.
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