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August 17, 2006 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maxxim Rebuild Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was filling a final drive on a 011 cat dozer with 60w oil, using a five gallon bucket, when he started feeling a soreness in his right shoulder. The pain was more severe the next morning.

August 25, 2003 VA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Maxxim Rebuild Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PERFORMING SERVICE ON A LOW-BOY TRAILER WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND NECK.

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