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April 30, 1999 VA · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Braveheart Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP BELT STRUCUTURE LOADING IT IN PUSHOUTCAR, STANDING IN WATER, WHEN HEW AS LOADING STRUCTURE IN CAR HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TOLOSE HIS BALANCE TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK

April 8, 1999 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Braveheart Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A RIPPER HEAD JACK IN SHOP. WHEN HE PICKED UP THE JACK HE LOST HIS BALANCE, CAUSING HIM TO FALL, THUS PULLING AND TWISTING HIS LOWER BACK.

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