THE BRIAR HILL STONE CO. Metal/Non-Metal

One employee was holding a 1/2" inch rod that was pointed on one end. The victim was holding a rubber water hose that was plugged up with sand and running the hose on and off the rod, trying to unplug it. The hose slipped off the rod as the victim pushed causing the rod to puncture hand.

EE was attempting to nail two 2x4 boards together in a right angle. EE had a smaller 2x4 standing on end with the longer 2x4 on top. Was holding them together with left hand. Brought the automatic nailer up and then back down on the top of the board. EE missed the center. The nail grazed the edge of the board, deflected and penetrated EE's hand. A doctor removed it.

Mill was setting the blades to make slabs out of a block of stone. Employee had tightened the blade by hitting the key. He put the pin in place to prevent the key from flying out. He then started hitting the blade to move it over. As he did this the pin fell out and the key flew up and out. The key hit the employee under the left bicep.

EE was welding a 12"X1"X3/4" piece of metal onto a mill gang cart. He was holding the piece in his R hand and welding with his L hand. He stated he heard it pop and then the welding wire bounced up and penetrated his welding glove and R thumb. He applied 1st aid and continued to work. On 4/3/11 it was swollen/sore, went to ER, did 1st aid. On 4/4/11 got worse so he was admitted.

The machine finished splitting a 12" x 12" x 4" piece of stone weighing about 50#. He was taking the stone off the rollers to palletize. In one motion he picked the stone up, turned & threw it on the pallet. As the stone landed his finger was crushed between the stone and the stone already on the pallet.

Gang Five had finished cutting the block into slabs and the cart was pulled out of the building. EE was prying the roughback out so that he could put the chain around it, when the roughback broke and a piece fell toward EE, hitting him on the right forearm.

EE was tightening a turnbuckle with a bar, as he pushed on the bar, the nut on the turnbuckle broke. EE fell forward and his hands landed on the concrete floor.

The radial arm saw has 12' rollers on each side of it. Employee put a 10' 2"x4" on the rollers on the left side of the saw. With his left hand he grabbed the 2"x4" from the end closest to the running saw and tried to pull it into the saw. His hand slipped off and hit the blade on the running saw. He received multiple lacerations to two fingers on his left hand.

EE WAS REPLACING A SEAT IN A 988B CAT LOADER. HE HAD REMOVED THE BOLTS AND WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SEAT FROM WITHIN THE CAB. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK

EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN A TURNBUCKLE ON GANG #3 IN THE MILL. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS UNTIL 7/1/05 WHEN HE MISSED WORK. ON 7/5/05 I RECEIVED A FAX PUTTING HIM ON LIGHT DUTY

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCHES TO CUT A 48" X 16" X 3/4" PIECE OF METAL OUT SO THAT IT COULD BE REPLACED. HE DID THIS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HIS EYES HURT & HE COULD NOT SEE WELL. HE WAS WEARING A FACE SHIELD WITH #12 LENS ALONG WITH TINTED SAFETY GLASSES.

EE had just finished drilling a 34" vertical hole with a track drill. He was removing the second circular drill stock when he lost control of it. As it fell he grabbed it with his right arm but the momentum of the drill stock falling caused his elbow to jerk.

THE LOADER HAD JUST SET A LOAD OF SLABS IN A CART. THE LOADER THEN RELEASED THE PRESSURE OFF THE SLABS BY LOOSENING THE CABLE BALES. THE MEN THEN ADVANCED TO REMOVE THE BALES FROM AROUND THE SLABS. THERE WAS A 40 LB LOOSE PIECE OF STONE ON TOP OF THE SLABS & AS HE REMOVED THE BALES IT HIT THE LOOSE PIECE & FELL ABOUT FIVE FEET HITTING HIS FOOT RIGHT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.

EE was stepping off a portable platform elevated 12" off the ground. He was wearing the extra baggy pants and as he stepped off his right pant leg caught on the platform support causing him to lose his balance fall. as his pant leg ripped up the side he bounced off the step with his right hip and then landed on the floor.

EE WAS WALKING ON ABOUT 2" OF MUD ON A SANDSTONE BASE. HE WAS CARRYING A ROUND STEEL PIN 3" X 24" IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE STEPPED ON A FLAT PIECE OF SANDSTONE THAT HAD A LAYER OF WET CLAY ON IT. AS HE DID THIS HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EE JUST FINISHED DRILLING HOLES WITH A TRACK DRILL AND WAS CREASING THE HOLES TO SCORE BOTH SIDES. HE RAISED THE DRILL OUT AND GRABBED IT WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS GLOVES WERE LONGER THAN HIS FI NGERS SO WHEN HE GRABBED THE CREASER THE GLOVE WAS BETWEEN THE CREASER AND THE PALM OF HIS HAND. WHEN THE CREASER ROTATED, IT TIGHTENED THE GLOVE WITH HIS HAND IN IT.

A PIECE OF SLAB END WEIGHING ABOUT 75# WAS SITTING ON A SET OF ROLERS ABOUT 42" HIGH. EE PICKED UP THE PIECE AND PUT IT ON A PALLET. AS HE BENT OVER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY. THE NEXT DAY EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND REPORTED OFF WORK.

EE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM A SPLITTING MACHINE. AS HE PICKED UP A PIECE WEIGHING ABOUT 75#, THE PIECE BROKE AND ONE PIECE FELL AND HIT HIS FOOT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.

EE WAS HOLDING A COPING TOOL AGAINST A PIECE OF STONE WHILE CO-WORKER HIT THE COPING TOOL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO SCORE THE STONE. CO-WORKER HIT THE EDGE OF THE COPING TOOL AND A SMALL PIECE O F METAL CHIPPED OFF THE SLEDGE HAMMER. THE PIECE HIT EE IN THE LEFT FOREARM AND BECAME EMBEDDED.

EE WAS HITTING THE BOTTOM OF A KEY THAT WAS HOLDING A BLADE TIGHT IN A GANG SAW SO THAT HE COULDLOOSEN THE KEY. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE REACHED WITH HIS LT. HAND TO GRAB THE KEY, WHEN HIS HAND WAS ABOUT 5" FROM THE KEY, THE KEY UNEXPECTEDLY POPPED LOOSE AND FLEW UP AND HIS HIS HAND.

2 EE'S WERE SPLITTING 16" HIGH ASHLAR & STACKINGTHEM ON A PALLET. WHEN ONE WENT TO THE RESTROOM INJ EE HELPED ON THE MACHINE. 10/17/01 EE REP'D THAT HIS SHOULDER HURT. HE CON'T WITH HIS REGULA R JOB AS FOREMAN UNTIL 4/19/02 WHEN HE STARTED A MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE

THE BLADES ON GANG FIVE HAD BECOME WORN OUT FOR SAWING STONE SLABS. THE EES HAD REPLACED THE BLADES AND WERE HAMMERING THE KEYS IN TO TIGHTEN THE BLADES. WHILE THEY DID THIS EE'S ELBOW STARTED TO HURT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1900.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE MINE PIT NEXT TO A 40' STRAIGHT VERTICAL HIGHWALL WHEN A SMALL ROCK LESS THAN AN INCH THICK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION OR L OSE WORK. HE WENT TO DOCTOR THEN WENT ON LIGHT DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A SIX FOOT LADDER. HE TURNED AS HE WAS STEPPING OFF THE LAST STEP. HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE LAST RUNG. THIS LEG WAS IN A TWISTED MOTION AS HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING STONE OFF OF A SPLIT MACHINE AND PUTTING ON A PALLET. AFTER ONE PIECE WAS SPLIT HE REACHED OVER THE PIECE OF STONE AND INTO THE MACHINE TO GRAB BACK OF STONE INSTEAD OF FRO NT. AS HE DID SO HIS FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE STONE.

THE MILL HAD JUST PUT TWO BLOCKS ONTO THE CART AND PUSHED IT INTO THE GANG TO BE SAWED INTO SLABS. EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THE SWING FRAME WOULD BE ABLE TO COME DOWN PAST THE BLOCKS W ITHOUT HITTING. HE DECIDED TO GO DOWN INTO THE PIT, AND AS HE DID SO, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIPE ATTACHED TO AN AIR HOSE TO BLOW LOOSE MATERIAL OFF AN AREA THAT HAD BEEN DRILLED, IT WAS ON A SLIGHT GRADE. AS HE TOOK A STEP FORWARD HIS FOOT CAME DOWN ON A PIECE OF STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOT, HIS FOOT TWISTED AS HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON IT, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL NOON THENM WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HE HAD SPRAINED AN ANKLE.

EE HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING A PALLET OF WALLSTONE, HE LOWERED THE PALLET DOWN WITH THE HYDRAULIC LIFT TO THE CONVEYOR LEVEL. HE TRIED TO PUSH THE PALLET, WEIGHING ONE TON, ONTO THE ROLLERS ON THE CONVEYOR. HE PUSHED HARDER AND FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT DAY BUT WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.

A PIECE OF STONE BROKE AND FELL OFF THE SLAB TILTER ONTO THE FLOOR. EE PUT THE CHAINS AROUND IT SO THAT HE COULD PICK IT WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE. AS HE WAS RAISING THE CRANE HE HAD HIS HAND UN DER THE STONE HOLDING THE CHAIN. THE CHAIN DISLODGED THE STONE CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIS FINGER SMASHING. AFTER GOING TO THE HOSPITAL HE RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY.

EE PUT A SET OF STRAPS AROUND A 48" X 16' X 6' PIECE OF STONE AND HAD USED A HOIST TO PUT IT ON A PALLET. HE PUT A BOARD UNDER THE STONE SO HE COULD REMOVE THE STRAPS. AFTER REMOVING THE STRAP S HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE END OF THE STONE AND REMOVE THE BOARD. HE REMOVED THE BOARD AND THE STONE CAME DOWN ON HIS FINGER BREAKING IT. AFTER GOING TO THE DR HE RETURNED TO LIGHT DUTY.\

EE WAS CUTTING ON A PIECE OF PLEXIGALSS WITH A HACKSAW TO MAKE WINDOWS. AS HE DID SO HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY. HE NEXT MORNING IT FELT TO PAINFU L TO WORK. THIS IS ANEXISTING INJURY.

EE WAS OFF BEARING STONE ON A SPLITTING MACHINE. THERE WAS A PIECE OF STONE ON THE MAHINE AND EE WAS RAISING THE HYDRAHC TABLE WITH A PALLET ON IT UP TO PUT THE STONE ON IT. THE 3"X8"X36" (70B LBS) FELL OFF THE MACHINE AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. HE LEFT AT NOON STATING HIS ELBOW HURT.

BRIAR HILL HAS CONCRETE RAMP ON A 5DEGREE INCLINE FOR VEHICLE ENTRANCE INTO BLDG. EE WAS WALKING DOWN THIS RAMP WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE GRAVEL& FELL. AT NOON EE LEFT TO GO TO THE DR

EE PUT A SET OF STRAPS AROUND 48" X 16" X 6" PIECE OF STONE AND HAD USED A HOIST TO PUT IT ON A PALLET. HE PUT A BOARD UNDER THE STONE SO HE COULD REMOVE THE STRAPS. AFTER REMOVING THE STRAPS HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE END OF THE STONE AND REMOVE THE BOARD. HE REMOVED THE BOARD AND THE STONE DOWN ON HIS FINGER BREAKING IT. HE MISSED ONE DAY AND CAME BACK TO WORK ON LIGHT DUTY.

EE WAS REMOVING SCRAP STONE OUT OF THE PIT IN GANG FOUR. HE PICKED UP A LARGE PIECE TO THROW IT INTO THE DUMP BOX. AS HE DID SO HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN THE GROIN AREA.HE LEFT WORK AND WENT T O ER THE NEXT DAY.

THEY HAD PUSHED A COLUMN OF STONE OVER AND WERE PLUGGING THE COLUMN INTO BLOCKS. AS EE WAS HITTING THE PLUGS WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER THE COLUMN SPLIT. THE COLUMN MOVED A LITTLE CAUSING EE TO FALL TO HIS KNEES. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY BUT MISSED WORK NEXT DAY. HE LEFT EARLY THE NEXT DAY (FRIDAY) AND MISSED SATURDAY WITH A SORE KNEE.

EE WAS CLEANING THE MAINTENANCE STORAGE BUILDING. HE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO PUT ELECTIC MOTOR ONTO PALLETS. HE WAS SLIDING A MOTOR OFF THE FORKS ONTO A PULLET WHEN HE DECIDE TO GRAB IT UNDER THE MOTOR. THE MOTOR CAME OFF THE FORKS AND CRUSHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND PALLET. AFTER FIRST AID WAS APPLIED HE WAS SENT TO HOSPTIAL. HE WAS PUT OFF WORK.

EE WAS PUTTING PROPS ON A GANG SO THAT THE SLABS WOULD NOT FALL. HE WAS IN A SQUATING POSITION AS HE SET THE PROP. HE LOST HIS BLANCE AND FELL BACKWARD. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT ARM BUT IN PROCESS SPRAINED HIS WRIST. HE LEFT WORKED BUT RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY ON 11-24-98. HE LEFT WORK AT 5:15 AM TO HAVE WRIST CHECKED AND MISSED WORK ON 11-25-98.

ON 10-20-98,EE CALLED OFF WORK. LATER THAT DAY WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT HE WOULD BE OFF WORK AFTER RUNNING OUR TRACKDRILL FOR FIVE WEEKS. EE PUT DRILL STOCK INTO HOLES AND AIR HAMMER DRILLS HOLES . HE RUNS CONTROLS TO RUN HAMMER UP AND DOWN BOOM. THERE IS NO OTHER DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENT AVAILABLE. LATER DETERMINED NOT WORK RELATED.

EE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS BACK BEING SORE AFTER RUNNING JACKHAMMER. HE LEFT WORK AT 0130 TO GO TO DR. DR. STATED AN EXACERBATION OF AN ACCIDENT REPORTED TO MSHA ON 12-31-97. HE WAS PUT ON L IGHT DUTY. ON 10-9-98 HE WAS TERMINATED FOR VIOLATIONS TO UNRELATED ATTENDANCE POLICY.

EE WAS CLEANING AROUND HIS WORK AREA. HE WAS SHOVELING UP SOME LOOSE STONE. AS HE PICKED UP THE FULL SHOVEL HE TURNED TO THROW SCRAP INTO A HOPPER. AS HE DID SO HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS L EFT SIDE LOWER BACK. HE LEFT WORK, ON 9-30 HE CAME BACK ON LIGHT DUTY.

THEY WERE TAKING A ROUGHBACK OFF OF A PILE OF SLABS. THEY PRIED THE ROUGHBACK AWAY FROM THE SLABS AND WAS PUTTING THE BALES AROUND IT TO REMOVE IT TO THE SCRAPYARD. THE ROUGHBACK HAD A PIECE B REAK OFF AND LANDED ON HIS HAND. EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BROKEN RIGHT INDEX FINGER. HE WAS PUT OFF WORK.

EE WAS OPERATING A TRACK DRILL. THE DRILL STOCK GOT CLAY IN IT SO THAT AIR WOULD NOT GO THRU IT. HE PULLED THE DRILL STOCK OUT OF THE HOLE AND REMOVED IT FROM THE PROTECTIVE SLEEVE SO THAT HE COULD BEAT THE STOCK AGAINST THE GROUND TO TRY TO DISLODGE THE CLAY. HE WAS HOLDING THE DRILL STOCK STEADY WITH HIS FOOT AS HE BEAT THE STOCK ON THE GROUND. HE LOST CONTROL AND STOCK CAME DOWN

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A BEARING SO HE COULD REPLACE A SCREW. AS HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP THE SCREW HIS HEAD HIT A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON KNOCKING HIS HARD HADT OFF & CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD. WE BROUG HT HIM TO THE HOSP WHERE THEY PUT STITCHES IN

THE SLABS ON GANG 7 FELL AGAINST THE WALL. THEY PUT CHAINS AROUND THE SLABS AND WERE USING A CHAIN HOIST TO PULL IT UP STRAIGHT AGAIN, EE WAS USING THE CHAIN HOIST WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT WENT I NTO HIS EYE. HE CONTINUED WORKING AND DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT TO HIS FOREMAN. THE NEXT DAY HE CALLED OFF, SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE DR FOR HIS EYE.

EE STEPPED OUT SIDE OF MILL AT DOOR #3-4 ONTO STEP. AS HE TURNED TO SHUT THE DOOR HE SLIPPED ANDFELL ONTO THE GROUND AND THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK HIT ON THE EDGE OF THE STEP. HE LEFT WORK AT 8:00PM

EE WAS PUSHING A 5" THICK SLAB OF SANDSTONE ACROSS ROLLERS TO A SPITTING MACHINE. HE LEFT HIS HAND ON THE BACK OF THE STONE AS HE PUSHED THE BOTTON TO SPLIT THE STONE. THE FORCE OF THE SPLIT P USHED THE SLAB BACKWARDS. EE S ELBOW WENT DOWN INTO THE ROLLERS PINCHING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE STONE AND ROLLERS. THIS BROKE HIS ARM.

THEY HAD JUST LAID A SLAB DOWN ON A SET OF ROLLERS USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE. INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE EACH USED A BAR ON EACH CORNER TO LIFT HALF THE SLAB TO REMOVE THE CHAIN ATTACHED TO TH E OVERHAED CRANE. AS INJURED DID THIS HE CLAIMS TO HAVE HURT HIS BACK. HE LEFT WORK AT 9:00AM

EE WAS WALKING FROM THE SLAB TILTER TO A SPLITTING MACHINE. AS HE TURNED THE CORNER HE STEPPED TO CLOSE TO A PALLET OF STONE. HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT ON THE PALLET CAUSING HIM TO TRIP. HE LANDE D ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE CONTINUED WORKING AND WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER WORK.

EE WAS WALKING ON A WET FLOOR AS HE STEPPED OVERA PIPE ABOUT 4" OFF THE GROUND HE SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK. HE REPORTED TO THE FOREMAN AND DECIDED TO KEEP WORKING. ON 7/18/97, HE LEFT TO GO TO THE DR AT 8:15AM BECAUSE IT HURT TOO MUCH. THE DR PUT HIM OFF OF WORK

EMPLOYEE WAS OFF BEARING STONE FROM A SPLITTING MACHINE. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF STONE WEIGHING ABOUT 45 POUNDS. AS HE BENT OVER TO PUT THE STONE ON A PALLET HE CLAIMS HIS BACK WENT OUT. HE HA S A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AND RE-AGGRAVATED IT.

EE WAS BEATING A METAL KEY TO TIGHTEN THE BLADES FOR CUTTING OUR STONE. HE MISSED THE KEY WITH THE HAMMER SWINGING IT INTO THE AIR. AT 8:30 PM EE SAID HIS ARM HURT AND HE LEFT WORK.

HE WAS BLOWING THE SAND OUT A 1 1/2" VERTICAL HOLE 25' DEEP WHEN A STONE CAUGHT THE BLOWPIPE IN THE HOLE SO THAT IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. HE STARTED TUGGING ON THE BLOWPIPE WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE COMPLETED WORKING THE REST OF THE DAY AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR THAT NIGHT.

EE WAS RUNNING A VERTICAL TRACK DRILL THE DRILL STOCK IS 10' HIEGHT BY 1 1/4" ROUND. HE WAS TAKING A PIECE OF DRILL STOCK OFF AND PUTTING IT IN THE RACK AS HE DID THIS HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE DRILL STOCK FROM FALLING IN THE PROCESS TORE HIS RIGHT BICEP MUSCLE.

EMP HAD JUST SAWED SOME STONE ON A 48" DIAMOND SAW. WAS UNLOADING THE PIECES WITH SCISSOR CLAMPSON A CHAIN HOIST. STONE BROKE AND FELL CAUSING THE CLAMPS TO COME TOGETHER AND CRUSH EMP'S FINGE R. EMP WS NOT HOLDING CLAMPS BY THE HANDLE AS ISNORMAL.

HE WAS CUTTING A 2" X 4" X 16' PIECE OF WOOD INTO TWO WEDGE SHAPED PIECES USING A BAND SAW. AS HE FINISHED THE CUT, THE PIECE OF WOOD MOVED AND HIS RIGHT THUMB HIT THE BAND OF THE SAW CAUSING A LACERATION. AFTER FIRST AID WAS APPLIED, HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE SUTURES.

EE PUT A LEVER ACTION LOAD BINDER ON A BHAIN TO TIGHTEN DOWN A BLOCK OF STONE ON OUR MILL GANG. AS HE LET GO OF THE HANDLE OF THE BINDER THE HANDLE CAME BACK ANDHIT HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND. ON 7-11-96 AFTERWORK HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHICH SHOWED A FRACTURE.

EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON THE LOADER WHEN HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE RUNG. HE DID NOT FALL BUT HIS RIGHT SHIN HIT A RUNG AND CUT HIS LEG. HE WAS BROUGHT TO DR AND RECEIVED SUTURES. HE THEN RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS PICKING UP SCRAP STONE & CLEANING THE AREA WHEN HE REPORTED PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN, HE DIDNOT LOSE ANY TIME OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION & THE INCIDENT WAS FORGOTTEN. ONE 6/11/97 I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DR STATING THAT THE EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA ON 4/24/97. ON 6/23/97 HE WENT ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO REPAIN HERNIA.

EMPLOYEE PUT CHAINS AROUND SLAB OF STONE ABOUT 8' X 5" X 4.5' AND PICKED IT UP WITH THE OVERHEAD CRANE. WITH THE SLAB ABOUT 2 FEET OFF THE GROUND EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MOVE THE CRANE DOWN THE TR ACK. AS HE DID SO THE SLAB BROKE IN HALF. IT FELL OUT OF THE CHAINS & HIT THE GROUND & ROLLED. IT LANDED ON EMPLOYEE RIGHT FOOT ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE. THE E.R. DIAGNOSIS WAS A CONTUSION TO FOOT

EE AND OTHER OFF BEARING 48"X24X21/4" STONE TOGETHER. OTHER STARTED TO SLIDE THE NEXT PIECE BUT EE WAS NOT HELPING. EE AND OTHER WAS SHANG AND WAS STARTING TO PASS OUT. BEFORE OTHER COULD CATC H HIM HIM FELL AND HIT THE BOTTOM CORNER OF A HOPPER CUTTING HIS HEAD. HE WAS TAKING TO HOSPTIAL BY AMBULANCE WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED HE HAD SEIZURE FROM ENCEPHALITIS. HE HAS A HISTORY OF ENC

EE & EE WERE GOING TO FIX A WATER PUMP EE HAD REMOVED THE FUSES FROM A HOT ELECTRIC BOX AFTER THEY HAD FIXED THE PUMP EE DECIDED TO PUT THE FUSES BACK IN AS HE DID SO THE ELECTRIC CROSS PHASED & EE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TREATED & RELEASED

THEY HAD JUST LOADED A BREAK WITH EXPLOSIVES AND WERE NOW TAMPING THE HOLES SHUT. EE WAS THROWING SAND IN THE HOLE AND OTHER EE WAS TAMPING THE SAND TIGHT. THIS EE HIT INJURED ON THE FINGER WI TH THE TAMPING BAR, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE.

A MILL GANG HAD FINISHED SLABBING A BLOCK OF SANDSTONE. AS THE CREW WAS REMOVING THE SLABS A PIECE OF STONE BROKE OFF HITTING EE IN THE LEFT CALF. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRUISED CALF RESULT ING IN HIS BEING OFF FOR ONE DAY.

REAGGRAVATION OF ACCIDENT ON 2-28-95. NO NEW EVENT, OCCURANCE OR ACCIDENT.

THEY HAD JUST PULLED A SANDSTONE BLOCK APPROX 4 FT HIGH.THE BLOCK WAS TOO LONG SO THEY WERE GOING TO DRILL A HOLE AND BLAST THE END OFF.INJURED PICKED AN AIR HAMMER (60 POUNDS) UP AND THREW IT UP ONTO THE BLOCK.WHEN IT LANDED IT SMASHED TWO OF HIS FINGERS.HE WAS OFF ONE DAY.

EE WAS RUNNING ONE OF OUR SAWS HE DECIDED TO CHECK THE SIZE OF THE STONE HE CUT AS HE WALKED AROUND THE SAW TABLE HE SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR & STARTED TO FALL HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HAND ON T HE GROUND HE LEFT WORK AT 10:00AM & IS STILL OFFTHIS IS HIS ACCOUNT OF ACCIDENT

EE WAS TO DRILL & TAP FOUR 11/2IN HOLES IN A PIECE OF METAL HE CLAMPED THE PIECE DOWN UNDER THE DRILL & PRESS MACHINE & DRILLED THE HOLES HE COULD NOTFIGURE OUTHOW TO TAP THE HOLES WITH THE MA CHINE SO HEDECIDED TO DO IT BY HAND WITH A 24IN CRESENT WRENCH & A 48IN CHEATER BAR BY DOING THIS HE REAGGRAVATED A PRESIOUS INJURY REPORTED ON 01-10-9 5 HE WORKED THEREST OF THE DAY ON MONDA

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EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE HOIST WHERE HE STANDS ON THE BOOM & SLACK BRAKES & THE SWINGER HANDLE IS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF HIM. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL AS HARD AS HE COULD ON THE SWINGER HAN DLE IN ORDER TO HOLD THE DERRICK PLATFORM AGAINST THE HIGHWALL. AS HE DID SO HE FELT A PIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUE TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY BUT WENT ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE 3-1-95.

THE 988 LOADER THAT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE MAINTENANCE SHOP WOULDN'T START. INJURED WENT OUT OF THE BACK DOOR OF THE MAINTENANCE SHOP AND STARTED TOWARD THE LOADER. THERE WAS ONE FROZEN MUD PUDDLE(2' WIDE) BETWEEN HIM AND THE LOADER WHICH HE DECIDED TO CROSS. AS HE DID SO, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND RELEASED WITH TIME OFF.

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE MILL BUILDING THROUGH ONE OF THE DOORS. AS HE STARTED TO STEP UP ONTO TO THE STEP WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED IN THE MUD. HIS RIGHT FOOT PARTIAL CAUGHT THE STEP CAUSING HIS WEIGHT TO COME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT TOES.

EE WAS PUTTING A PICE OF STONE ONTO HIS SAW TABLE WITH A SET OF CLAMPS ATTACHED TO A HOIST. THE PIECE OF STONE WAS ON A PALLET ON THE GROUND AND NEEDED TO BE RAISED TO ABOUT THREE FEET TOTHE TOP OF THE SAWTABLE. AS THE PIECE WAS BEING RAISED, TI SLIPPED LOOSEOF THE CLAMPS AND FELL ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT. EE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. E IS OFF WORK AT THIS

TWO EES WERE CREASING VERTICAL HOLES TO BREAK THE SANDSTONE INTO BLOCKS. THEY WERE USING A 10# CREASER, 4' LONG WITH AN AIR HAMMER ON IT. AFTER CREASING THE HOLE COWORKER TOOK THE HAMMER OFF A ND EE BENT OVER TO PULL HTE CREASER OUT OF THE HOLE. AS HE BENT OVER HE FELT PAIN INHIS BACK. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT WITH NO VISIBLE PAIN, ON 9-8-94 HE CAME TO WORK. AT 9:00 AM HE DECIDED HIS

GANG SAW #6 WAS STOPPED AT 12:20 AM. SAW CAME TO A STOP IN WRONG POSITION. EE PUT FOOT ON GANG TO PROP IT WHEN THE GANG SAW SLID BACKWARD, PINCHING EE'S FOOT AGAINST A CONCRETE COLUMN. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL & RELEASED W/ A CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO HIS RIGHT FOOT.

JAY WAS OFFBEARING ONE OF THE SPLITTING MACHINES, HE REACHED INTO THE MACHINE WHERE THE STONE COME OUT TO GRAB A PIECE OF STONE, AS HE GRABBED THE PIECE OF STONE ON THE TOP, THE MACHINE OPERAT OR ACTIVATED THE MACHINE. THE EDGE OF THE BLADE CAME DOWN AND CAUGHT HIS FINGERS AGAINST THE STONE. AFTER WE GAVE MEDICAL ATENTION WE BROUGHT HIM TO HOSPITAL. THE GAVE HIM STITCHES IN R FNG

INJURED BENT OVER TO PICK UP THE END OF A PIECE OF STONE TO PUT A BLOCK OF WOOD UNDER IT SO THE OVERHEAD CRANE CULD PICK IT UP. AS HE DID SO HE AGGRAVIAGTED A PREVIOUS INJURY TO HIS LOWER BAC K, HE CONTINUED TO WORK ON 7-5-94 AND CAME TO WORK ON 7-6-94, HE WAS UNABLE TO DO HSI JOB PROPERLY SO HE WAS SENT HOME AND TOLD TO GO TO THE DR. LAST TIME REPORTED WAS 7-16-94.

DAN PUT A 3' PRYBAR ON TWO 1" THICK BOLTS THAT WERE ELEVATED ABOUT 12" FROM THE GROUND ON A TABLE. DAN THEN PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE PRYBAR TO STABILIZE IT WHILE HE SHARPENED THE POINT OFR T HE PRYBAR WITH A HAND GRINDER. THE BELTS STARTED TO ROLL CAUSING DAN TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND THE GRINDER TO FLY INTO DAN'S LEFT THIGH. THE COMPANY GAVE DAN MEDICAL TREATMENT AND HE RETURNED

INJURED DECIDED OT HELP ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON A SPLITTING MACHIEN IN HIS SPARTIME. THE PIECE OF STONE THEY WERE SPLITTING WAS UNLEVEL SO HE TOOK A PRY BAR AND LEVELED THE STONE. THE OTHER EMPL OYEE THEN TRIPPED THE MAHCINE TO SPLIT THE STONE AS THIS HAPPENED HT EPRYBAR JERKED U PINJURING HIS RIGHT HTUMB. WE RECOMMEDED HE GOT TO THE DR BUT HE FELT IT WAS NOT THE PAD. ON 5-9-94 DECI

GERALD WAS TAKING STONE PIECES FROM SEVERAL PALLETS AND PUTTING THEM ON ONE ALLET TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER WITH MIXED COLOR RANGE STONE. AS HE PICKED UP A PIECE ABOUT 75 LBS. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS FOREARM. HE DID NOT GO TO GET MEDICAL ATTENTION, ON 5-10-94 HE SHOWED ME A LARGE BRUISE ON HIS FOREARM, I TOLD HIM HE SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR. DOCTOR SAID HE HAD ELBOW STRAIN 5-11-94.

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING BLADES ON A GANG SAW WHEN HE DROPPED A BOARD. HE CLIMBED DOWN THE LADDER ON THE LEFT SIDE TO RETREIVE THE BOARD. HE CLIMBED BACK ON THE SCAFFOLD AND PROCEEDED TO THE CNE TER. AS HE DID SO THE SCAFFOLD ON THE RIGHT SIDE FELL. THE EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT 7' AND LANDED ON THE CONCRETE. IT APPEARS THAT AS HE GOT ON THE SCAFFOLD ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE RIGHT SIDE BE

INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING A DUMP BOX FROM JEFFS SEMI TRUCK. THE DUMPBOX HAS A YOKE WITH A CHAIN TO PICK IT UP WITH A STIFF LEGDERRICK. INJURED HAD HIS HANDS ON DUMPBOX. OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED ON THE CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE YOKE TO ATTACH IT TO THE DUMPBOX. YOKE FELL OVER AND HIT INJURED ON THE FOREARM. THAT AFTERNOON INJURED WENT TO DR.. OTHER EMPLOYEE HAD SCRATCH

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC HAND GRINDER TO SMOOTH THE INSIDE SURFACE OF A WATER PUMP BODY HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AS HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS EYE HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM TO REMOVE OBJECTIN HIS EYE & RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY NO KNOWN DAMAGE OR IMPAIRMENT

ON 1-4-94 IT SNOWED ABOUT 5 INCH WHICH WAS PLOWED OFF THAT DAY AT 615 AM EE ARRIVED FOR HIS 700 AM SHIFT. AS HE WALKED FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE BLDG HE CLAIM HE FELL AND HURT HIS BACK AT 62 30 AM THE CO OFFERED TO TAKE HIM TO THE DR BUT HE REFUSED. HE WORKED HIS SHIFT ON 1-5-94. ON 1-6-94, HE BROUGHT IN A DR EXCUSE TO BE OFF.

ON 9-23-93 HE WAS DRILLING A VERTICAL HOLE AT THE QUARRY WITH THE 16' DRILL WITH THE AIR HAMMER ON IT. HE BENT OVER TO PULL THE DRILL UP A LITTLE TO DISLODGE ANY SAND ABOVE THE DRILL BIT. AS HE DID SO HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 9-25-93 WHEN HE WENT TO HIS DR WHO SAID HE HAD ALOW BACK INJURY AND WOULD BE OFF WORK. HIS LAST DAY WORKED WAS 9-24-93.

ON WEDNESDAY INJURED PICKED UPA PIECE OF STONE WITH A CRACK IN IT. THE STONE BROKE AND LANDED ON HIS LITTLE TOE, HE HAD STEEL TOED SHOES BUT THEY WERE TO BIG. HE HAD THE TOE X-RAYED ON MONDA Y AND IT SHOWED IT TO BE BROKEN. HE WORKED THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK BUT HAS BEEN OFF STARTING 8-30-93.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION ONCE ATAIN OF AN INJURY THAT OCCURRED ON 05-13-93 11:00PM HE WAS OFF FOR 11DAYS THE 1ST TIME & OFF FOR 19 DAYS THE 2ND TIME WITH A CERVICAL/THORACIC STRAIN

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REGULAR JOB IN MILL. WHILE TIGHTENING DOWN THE TURNBUCKLE ON GANG #2 THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS UPPER RIGHT CHEST LATER DIAGNOSED AS PECTORALIS MUSCLE STRAIN.

I CALLED ON 6-21-93 AND SAID HE HURT HIS BACK ATHOME. DR. REPORT SAID LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN WITH LUMBAR DISC SYNDROME. ON 7-9-93 HE SAID THIS IS A PRE-EXISTING WORK RELATED INJURY THAT OCCURED ON 4-1-91. INJURY RESULTED IN TIME LOST AT JOB.

THIS IS CONTINUATION OF THORACI CERVICAL STRAIN THAT OCCURRED ON 5-13-93 1100 PM IN WHICH THE EE WAS OFF WORK FOR 11 DAYS HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 6-1-93 THE EE IS OFF WORK AGAIN AS OF 6-11-93 DR EXCUSE ENCLOSED AND WILL RETURN TO WORK AS SOON AS HIS DR AUTHORIZES HIM TO RETURN.

EE WAS DOING HIS REGULAR JOB IN THE MILL WHILE LIFTING A SCAFFOLD PLANK INTO POSITION THE EE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK. EE WAS NOT SQUARED CORRECTLY TO MAKE THE LIFT AND HIS BACK WAS TWISTE D WHILE LIFTING. EE WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR THE NEXT DAY.

MSHA DID A DUST TEST IN WHICH ONE OUT OF THREE EMPLOYEES FAILED. THE EMPLOYEE COULD NOT PASS THEDUST MASK TEST WE HAD TO EMPLEMENT. WE TOLD HIM HE SHOULD GO TO THE DR. EMPLOYEE WAS PUT ON LEAV E OF ABSENCE. ON 7-19-93 EMPLOYEE BROUGHT IN WORKERS COMPENSENSATION CLAIM TO BE FILED CONCERNING DIAGNOSIS OF SILICOSIS. EMPLOYEE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK AS YET.

ON 7-16-93 EMPLOYEE BROUGHT IN WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM TO BE FILED CONCERNING DIAGNOSIS OF EMPHESYMA. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED IF THIS IS A WORK RELATED ILLNESS. ON 4-7-93 EMPLOYEE W AS SENT TO DOCTOR BECAUSE HE DID NOT FEEL WELL. EMPLOYEE HAS NOT RETURNED TO WORK AS YET.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF PALLETS AND STUMBLED OVER STONE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT WALK IN ESTABLISHED PATH AND COULD NOT SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING.

SHOVING A PIECE OF STONE 400 LB AROUND TO LINE UP ON STRAIGHT LINE AND SOMETHING PULLED IN SHOULDER AREA. (FROZEN DISLOCATION OF LEFT SHOULDER) EMPL CONTINUED WORKING AND DIDNT SEEK MEDICAL AT TENTION UNTIL 12-29 BROUGHT DR SLIP IN 1-6-93.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN PROCESS OF PUTTING A WEDGE IN PLACE TO KEEP STONE FROM FALLING WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF THE SLAB BROKE LOOSE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT LEG, RESULTING IN SEVERE BRUISING AND SWELLING.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PIECE OF STONE OFF ROLLERS TO SET ON A PALLET ON THE FLOOR. THIS JOB USUALLY REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE MAN, BUT EMPLOYEE DID THIS HIMSELF AND STRAINED LOWER BACK.

20455 SHOVELING SCRAP SANDSTONE FROM THE FLOOR TO A TRANSFER CART.ONE GUTY TURNED,SHOVEL EXTENDED AND CAUGHT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE SECOND MAN,CUTTING HIS INDEX FINGER TO THE TENDON.

29450FOLDING DOOR ON THE COMPRESSOR (WHICH WAS FOLDED UP) FELL AFTER THE ARM WAS KNOCKED LOOSE. THE HAPPENED AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE COMPRESSOR.

A CAN OF STARTING FLUID CAME IN CONTACT WITH A D.C. CHARGE TERMINAL ON AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, CUASING AN ELECTRIC ARC WHICH BURNT THROUGH THE CONTAINER. THIS ARCHING ALSO WOULD HAVE IGNITED THE CO NTENTS OF THE CONTAINER AS THE CONTENTS ESCAPED UNDER PRESSURE. A CAN OF STARTING FLUID CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE OPERATOR'S SEAT WEARING A HOLD IN THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER. AS

THE GANGSAW WAS TURNED ON WHILE I.NAME WAS STILL IN UNSAFE AREA. I.NAME LOST BALANCE AND STRAINED OR THRU HIS BACK OUT OF PLACE.

PULLING ON BIG WRENCHES.

THE BOTTOM SLAB OF STONE COLLAPSED WHILE LAYING A SLAB ON TOP.

PULLED BACK WHILE MOVING AN EXTENSION LADDER.

WHILE THROWING STONE TRIMINGS, STONE BROKE IN HALF IN HANDS. ONE PIECE FELL ON FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE PART OF BOOT.

PIECE OF CAST IRON IN RIGHT EYE WHILE GRINDING SPROCKET.

METAL DOGS STORED ABOVE THE OOR IMPROPERLY & WHEN HE WENT TO PULL DOOR DOWN ONE OF THEM FELL & HIT HIM ON THE HAND

PULLED BACK MUSCLE TRYING TO PULL A SAW BLADE OUT OF A SAWED BLOCK OF STONE.

JUMPED DOWN OFF A ROOF OF A SHED.

INJURED BACK WHILE PULLING 16INCH DRILL THAT WAS STUCK.

DRIVER WAS GOING AT TOO HIGH A SPEED FOR ROAD CONDITIONS TOOK HIS EYE OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A TREE.

HE HAS NOW DEVELOPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN LEFT ARM NOW PLUS HE HAD HIS RIGHT ARM TAKEN CARE OF MID 1990 HE PRESENTLY IS DR FOR IT BUT NO IMMEDIATE PLANS YET.

CLIMBING ON #2 GANG SAW 3'ABOVE CEMENT FLOOR.RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASE SPOT AND DID A SPLIT.CAUGHT A SECTION OF SAW PREVENTING FALL,BUT MUSCLES ON RIGHT INSIDE THIGH AND RIGHT GROIN STARTED HURTING.FINISHED SHIFT AND WORKED 2 MORE DAYS.

WHILE BRINGING IN A CART OF SLABS, THE ROUGH BACK BROKE, FELL OUT OF CART AND STRUCK HIM.

THUMB WAS CUT WHEN CUTTING THROUGH TAPE IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION.

HIT BY A PIECE OF STONE WHEN POUNDING NAIL INTO IT.

20' CREASER TANGLED UP WITH AIR HOSE AND WAS PULLED DOWN ON HIM, HITTING HIM ON THE HAND AND SHIN.

THE KNIFE THAT HE WAS USING TO STRIP A PIECE OF WIRE, SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

WHILE CUTTING OSTONE HE REACHED IN TO REMOVE SMALL PIECE FROM UNDER BLADE AT WHICH TIME THE UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED ON & CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN STEEL & THE STONE

PUSHING STONE ONTO TABLE, THE STONE BROKE IN HALF, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND STEEL FRAME ON TABLE. FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO LEAN OVER TO PICK UP WEDGE. HE STEPPED ON A STONE THE WRONG WAY AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

KNOCKING ROCK OFF PLUG IN IT TRYING TO HOLD WITH L FT STRUCK IT WITH SLEDGE BURISED IT PREVENT ING FROM WORKING ONE DAY

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO RESTART THE PUMP THAT PUMPS WASTE WATER FROM THE SAWING AREA. HE SLIPPED IN SOME OIL THAT HAD LEAKED FROM THE PUMP ONTO THE FLOOR AND THE SLIP CAUSED HIM TO SPRAIN HIS L EFT UPPER LEG, HIP AND GROIN MUSCLES.

PULLING UP LAST PC OF STOCK AND TRACK DIRLL HAMMER WENT DOWN INSTEAD OF UP WHEN HE TRIED TO CONNECT THE LAST PC HOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMMER AND THE SANDSTONE WHICH HAD DRILL IN IT

I NAME WAS ON TOP OF THE DUMP TRUCK UNHOOKING THE BALES FROM A PIECE OF SCRAP THE HOOK ON THE CRANE BLCOK HIT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND HE FELL APPROX 10 FT TO THE GROUND WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND JAMBED HIS BACK

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING STONE IN THE MILL. WHEN HE WENT TO PUT ANOTHER SMALLER PIECE OF STONE UNDER THE STONE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF STONE. IT SMASHED HIS FINGER CAUSIN G THE SKIN TO BREAK AND REQUIRE STITCHES. WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE BUNK OF GANG SAW AS IT WAS BEING PREPARAED TO BE PULLED OUT. SLABS WERE BLOCKED, CHECKED TO ENSURE IT WAS TIGHT. AS THE CHAIN WAS PULLED, A CHECKED PIECE OF STONE FELL D IRECTLY ONTO HIS HAND. MASHED HIS THUMB AND BROKE TWO FINGERS.

TWISTED ANKLE WHILE PRYING STONE.

HE WAS USING AN AIRHAMMER LIFTING IT UP & DOWN TO CLEAN OUT THE HOLES HAD SLIGHT PAIN AT THE END OF THE DAY THE NEXT MORNING THE PAIN WAS WORSE SO CALLED OFF WORK & WENT TO THE DOC.

HE WAS IN THE STONE YARD HOOKING UP A STONE. HE STEPPED IN A LOW SPOT AND SPRAINED RIGHT KNEE.

CREW WERE BALSTING A SMALL BREAK. CREW MEMBERS WERE STANDING BEHIND THE AIR CRAWLER APROX. 75-100 FEET AWAY. A PIECE OF SANDSTONE FLEW AROUND THE AIR CRAWLER AND HIT HIM IN THE LEG. PIECE OF STONE WAS APROX. 10" IN DIAMETER.

HE WAS DOWN IN THE PIT PULLING A COUPLE SAW BLADES OUT OF POSTION IN ORDER TO RAISE THE GANG. A BROKEN ROUGHBACK FELL TRAPPING HIM AS HE WAS CLEARING THE PIT.

CRANE OPERATOR WAS SETTING STONE SLAB ON ROLLERS SLAB HAD A PARTIAL CRACK APPROX.2FT FROM EDGE I.NAME TRIED TO PRY UP STONE WITH BAR ON ROLLERS AS I.NAME PULLED AT CRANE CHAIN UNDER STONE THE PIECE OF STONE BROKE OFF & CAUGHT HIS FINGERS BETWEEN CHAIN & STONE AS HE WAS PULLING AWAY

HE WAS PULLING A PC. OF SONE UP TO THE GAUGE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS ARM BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE ROLLER.

HE WAS THROWING A PIECE OF SCRAP STONE INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE CONVEYOR RAIL

HE WAS PULLING 3IN WALL STONE OFF CONVEYOR & STACKING IT ON PALLETS WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON SOMETHING IT STARTED TO BLEED BUT HE WIPED IT OFF & KEPT WORKING

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE PIECE OF STEEL FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AS HE REACHED TO GRAB HOLD OF ONE END, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED FROM HIS END CTCH ING HIS END CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE TOWMOTOR.

HE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A 3 INCH PIPE PIPE CAME LOOSE AND FELL END WAYS ON HIS FOOT. PIPE WAS 6-7 FT LONG AND WEIGHED APPROX 60 LBS.

I,NAME WAS PRYI3G ON A ROUGH BACK WITH A STEEL BAR WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROUGH BACK BROKE LOOSE, HITTING THE BAR WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.

I,NAME WAS USIN1 AN AIR HAMMER TO DRILL A CAP SHOT. THE HAMMER JOLTED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE.

I.NAME WAS USIN1 A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STEEL WEDGE TO PLUG STONE. HE HIT THE WEDGE OFF-CENTER AND A STEEL CHIP FLEW INTO HIS EYE

I NAME WAS SHOV9LING DIRT ON TOP OF HIGHWALL WHEN I FELT SOMETHING PULL.I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION AT FIRST BUT EACH DAY IT GOT A LITTLE BIT WORSE.

I.NAME LIFTING 1IECE OF STONE ONTO CONVEYOR WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND ONVEYOR.STONE WAS 36'' X 12'' X 3'' WEIGHED 100 LBS.

HE WAS DRILLING3WITH AN AIR DRILL 5 FT AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL. HIS FOOT WAS AGAINST THE DRILL TO HOLD THE SAND. AT 9 FT, THE DRILL WENT THROUGH THE CREVICE, CAUSING THE HAMMER TO FALL APPROX. FT TO 3 FT ONT2 HIS LEFT FOOT.

HE WAS SHOVELIN1 SCRAP ROCK INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK DISLOCATING HIS BACK VIRTABAES.

HE WAS TOSSING 5 STONE OVER THE HIGH WALL WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF SINCE HE WAS IN AN OUTWARD SWING AT THE TIME HE FELL OVER THE EDGE APPROX 6 FOOT AND HIT MY WRIST

THEY WERE PICKI3G UP OLD TRUCK TIRES AND LAYING THEM ON TOP OF THE TURNTABLE AS HE BENT OVER TO HELP PICK ONE UP HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK

THEY WERE MOVIN1 A DERRICK AND HE WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN INTO THE PIT WHEN H E SCAPED HIS LEG ON THE LEDGE.

PUTTING 2 X 4 U3DER PIECE OF JUNK STONE WHEN BAILS SLIPPED AND STONE BROKE.STONE CAME DOWN ON 2 X 4 AND IT CAUGHT HIS LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

I.NAME, I.NAME 3 I.NAME WERE LIFTING A BIG DOOR OPEN IN FRONT OF THE MILL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHINGPULL IN HIS LEFT RIB CAGE

HE WAS GREASING3GIVS AS HE STEPPED OFF THE GANG HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON THE STONE STEPS

HE WAS PUTTING WEDGES IN A BLOCK OF STONE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON TAPERED STONE AND FELL INTO THE CENTER OF THE TIGHTENING BOARDS CATCHING HIS LEG ON THE SAW BLADE

HE WAS CUTTING A TREE WITH A CHAIN SAW THE TREE FELL IT HIT A BOULDER 12-14\ HIGH & THE BUTT OF THE TREE KICKED UP IN T HE AIR MIVED TOWARDS HIM & HIT HIM IN THE BACK KNOCKED HIM DOWN. WHEN THE BUTT KICKED UP HE STARTED TO RUN AWAY FROM IT BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE TREE. HE CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE TREE & WAITED FOR 1ST AID.

HE WAS MAKING A SLOT IN A ROUGH BACK WITH A PICK HAMMER & PART OF PIECE HE WAS POUNDING ON FELL TOWARDS HIM HE TRIED TO PUSH IT AWAY & WAS MOVING BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PROCESS HE W AS KNOCKED DOWN & HIT HIS BACK ON A PC OF STONE

A MILL SAW CART HAD BEEN LOADED WITH TWO BLOCKS OF STONE. HE WAS IN A STOOPED POSITION PLACING WEDGES UNDER ONE OF THE BLOCKS TO LEVEL IT. WHILE IN THIS POSITION, A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM TH E CORNER OF THE BLOCK, STRUCK THE SAW CART, AND PITCHED FORWARD AND HIT HIM, THE STONE GRAZED HIS BACK AND FELL ON HIS LEGS AND THEN ROLLED ONTO THE GROUND. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY TH

HE WAS USING A CROW BAR TO HELP LIFT A STONE TO BE REMOVED FROM A CART. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE CART FOR LEVERAGE. A PIECE OF THE STONE BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE T WISTED AS HE F ELL AND HE HEARD A SNAP IN HIS LEFT LEG

HE WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS & STOPPED AT THE GARAGE TO PUNCH THE CLOCK, HE PARKED HIS CAR AND LEFT IT RUNNING, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE HIS CAR HAD SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND WAS REVOLVING IN CIRCLES HE THOUGHT HE COULD CATCH IT AND GET IT STOPPED WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE DOOR CAME SHUT ON HIS HAND HE FELL AND TWO FINGERS WERE PULLED OFF