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May 9, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Olympia Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS DRIVING A HAUL PAK LOADED WITH ROCK. A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OUT. HE THEN PICKED UP THE ROCK TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY WHICH SPRAINED HIS BACK.

March 8, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Olympia Contracting Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SPRINKLING ON ROTOVATOR ON THE SECONDARY CRUSHER, & THE SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN THE WHEEL PINNING THE SHOVEL AGAINST THE FINGER CUTTING IT OFF.

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