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Scoped to Sammie J Williams

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October 24, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER

Frogge & Williams Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STANDING UP FROM A SQUATTING POSITION THIS MOVEMENT CAUSED PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE WENT ON TO WORK PERFORMING HIS REGULAR DUTIES IN 10 TO 20 MINUTES THE PAIN INCREASED HE WAS THEN TALKEN TO THE HOSPTIAL DIAGNOSIS STRAINED MUSCLE AND OR LIGAMENTS IN HIS LOWER BACK.

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