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September 23, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Montana Limestone Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE WORKER WAS HIKING UP A HILL IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF A QUARRY TO DISCUSS AND START TO LAYOUT STRIPPING OPERATIONS. THE HILL WAS VERY STEEP AND IN THE PROCESS OF HIKING UP, THE MUSCLE IN THE LOWER LEG KNOTTED UP AND THEN TORE.

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