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August 12, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Three Way Portable Crushing · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE WORKER WAS LIFTING A SUPPORT LEG ON A CRUSHER FRAME IN ORDER TO READY IT FOR RELOCATING.HE EXPRESSED PAIN AND WENT TO THE GROUND,INDICATING THAT HE PULLED MUSCLES SEVERLY IN HIS BACK.

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