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June 6, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER

Bluffton Stone Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Writing weights on pallets of flagstone and bent over to pick up a marker and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

July 10, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER

Custar Stone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER LUNCH EE HAD CHEST PAINS. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HEART ATTACK.

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