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August 3, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Temple Hall Silica Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT THE EE WAS COMFRONTED ABOUT HIS TERMINATION. AFTER LEAVING THE PREMISIS HE CALLED BACK & SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK HELPING UNLOAD CASES OF LUBRICANT FROM A TRAILER. HE SAID HE HAD TOLD THE WITNESS HE HAD HURT HIS BACK. THE WITNESS INDICATED THE STATEMENT WAS MADE IN A JOKING MANNER PRIOR TO PICKING UP THE FIRSTBOX BUT NO COMPLAINTS DURING OR AFTER LIFTING

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