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December 18, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Blue Ridge Talc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK GOT IN FEEDER,PUT HAND IN TO CLEAR AND FEEDER THEN TURNED AND LOCKED DOWN ON RIGHT HAND.

February 14, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Blue Ridge Talc Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS BACKING UP A FRONT END LOADER AND BACKED INTO A SLIGHT DIP CAUSING HIM TO JERK SUDDENLY I AND INJURING HIS BACK.

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