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July 19, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Wallach Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN PLANT AND WAS APPROCHING BOTTOM OF STAIRS LEADING UP TOTHE JAW CRUSHER. HE STEPPED ON SOME SMALL ROCKS ON THE GROUND AND SLIPPED BREAKING A BONE IN HIS FOOT. HE IS OV ER WEIGHT AND HAD JUST RETURNED TO WORK FROM THE SAME INJURY.

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