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August 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
General Shale Products Corp · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 627 PAN EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP I BEAM TO HGOLD OPEN PAN APRON DOOR BEFORE HE BENT OVER FAR ENOUGHT TO GRASP THE BEAM HIS BACK BEGAN HURTING AFTER STRAIGHTENING U P A SECOND ATTEMPT TO BEND OVER STARTED THE PAIN AGAIN JIM QUIAENBERRY AND VIRLIE FERGUSON WITNESSED THIS INJURY

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