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1983–2026
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January 5, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elgin-Butler Brick Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN MATERIAL STUCK TO THE WALLS OF A HOPPER AS HE WAS REACHING ACROSS THE HOPPER HE WAS PUTTING UNDUE PRESSURE ON HIS LOWER BACK THUS STRAINING IT.

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