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December 3, 1991 WV · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Zalkin Coal Sales Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS PULLING ROLL OF CONVEYOR BELT ONTO NEW STRUCTURE PULLING WITH HIS BODY IN A BIND, HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

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