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October 18, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Specialties Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

NO EVENT TOOK PLACE. THE EMPLOYEE HAD SORE TESTICLES AND CHOSE TO GO TO HIS OWN DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR SAID IT WAS "OFF THE JOB". HE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SAME CLINIC AND A DIFFERENT DOCTOR SAID IT WAS "ON THE JOB". WE ARE SENDING HIM FOR AN INDEPENDENT UROLOGIST OPINION. EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH AN AIR SEAT.

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