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May 4, 1994 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Carbomin Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER HE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN THE LOWER LUMBAR AREA THAT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THE DAY CONTINUED AND EE HAD SOME PAIN AND STIFFNES BY THE END OF T HE SHIFT.

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