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January 28, 1999 PA · Coal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Whitetail Mining & Reclamation Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING OIL IN 769 B ROCK TRUCKS AND PULLED OR STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING BUCKETS OF OIL. THE INJURY AT THE TIME WAS NOT REAL SEVERE IT WAS FELT BY EE , BUT THE NEXT MORNING WAS WHEN THE PAIN BECAME SEVERE.

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