Decedent was employed as a "layout man" in the diesel department of the employer's locomotive works. In the course of his work he lifted heavy handrails and other metal material. There is proof, based on the decedent's own testimony, that in January, 1952 when he was "lifting handrails" he "felt this pain in my back". His own physician was of opinion that he had suffered "a lifting injury" and an orthopedist who saw him shortly after felt that he had "a low back strain"....
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