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November 11, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Plateau Resources Limited · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS DOING SOME CLEAN UP WORK AROUND THE MILL. HE GOT INTO A PICK RATS NEST. HE THINKS THAT SOME FLEASES FROM THE NEST GOT ON HIM AND BIT HIM. TWO DAY LATER HE STARTED GETTING SICK. HE DID N OT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM UNTIL HE WAS ALMOST BETTER THEN HIS DOCTOR TOLD HIM THAT IT COULD BE EITHER TULAREMIA OR SOMEOTHER RAT BORN DIEASED. IT WAS A FEW DAY AFTER EE CAME BACK TO WOR

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