HE WAS PRYING A ROCK OUT OF THE JAW OF THE CRUSHING EQUIPMENT. HE HEARD A POP IN HIS CHEST AND WAS FORCED OT HIS KNEES. HE GOT UP THE CONTINUED TO WORK. ON THRUS AND FRI HE NOTICED A LOT OF CHEST PAI WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING. ON MON 2-12-96 HE REPORTED TO WORK BUT WAS IN SEVERE PAIN AND HAD TROUBLE BREATHING.
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Showing all 33HE WAS POUNDING A WEDGE INTO A BLOCK OF STONE. HE SWUNG THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT THE FORK ON ALOADER AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF THE FORK AND HIT HIS FOOT. HE SAW A DR. AT THE CLINIC W HO SENT HIM TO SEE A SPECIALIST, TOOK X RAYS ANDDETERMINED HE HAD A FRACTURED TOE. HE WILL BE OFF OF WORK UNTIL HE SEEN BY THE DR. AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.
HE GOT HIT ON THE LEFT KNEE WITH A TIRE IRON AS HE WAS FIXING A TIRE ON THE EUCLID DUMP TRUCK. WAS TOLD BY THE DR. HE HAD A BRUISE ON HIS KNEE AND HE COULD RETURN TO WORK. THE NEXT MORNING SAW HIS OWN DR WHO SENT HIM TO A SP[ECIALIST. SPECIALISTS SAID HE HAS A SEVERE CONTUSION AND HE WIL BE OFF WORK A LEAST THRU JULY 6 1994. GIVEN MEDICATION.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS GETTING PAINS IN HIS ARM AROUND THE 20TH OF JUNE. HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN BECAUSE THE PAINS WERE GETTING MORE SEVERE. HE WAS ADVISED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN THE PAINS WER E CONSTANT AROUND THE 15TH OF AUGUST. HE SAW THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD HE HAD A HERNIA AND NEEDED SURGERY. HE RECEIVED THESE PAINS DUE TO YANKING AND PULLING ON THE ARM OF THE BIN TO EMPTY STON
HE HURT HIS BACK AS HE WAS LIFTING APIECE OF FLAGSTON.E HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND COULDN'T STAND UP. HE REMAINED BENT OVER, MOVED TO THE SCALE AND SAT DOWN UNTIL HE COULD STRAIGHTE N UP AGAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CLINIC TO SEE A DR. DR SAID HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. TOLD HIM TO TAKE A DAY OFF WORK AND THEN RETURN.
INJURED WAS TRIMMING A PIECE OF STONE AND A PIECE OF STONE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO OTHER STONES AND SMASHED HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. HE HAS A CONTUSION AND IS TO APPLY COLD COMPRESSES AND KEEP IT ELEVATED. WILL SEE DR. AGAIN ON FRI.
HIS BACK PAIN & LEG PAIN HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS HE WENT TO THE DOC ON 11-13-93 DR GAVE HIM MEDICATION & LIMITATIONS OF NO LIFTING OR CA RRYING OVER 20 POUNDS NO KEENLING SQU ATTING OR CRAWLING LIMITED STOOPING & TWISTING OF THE TORSO BANDING RESTRICTIONS NO OVERTIME NOW HE IS OFF WORK OF AN UNDERTERMINED TIME
HE WAS CLIMBING UP SCREEN #2 ON THE CRUSHER TO PUT A CHUTE ON CONVEYOR #3 AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THAT DAY AND THE NEXT TWO. WENT TO THE DR. ON 11-5.
HE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF STONE, WALKING BACKWARDS AND STEPPED ON TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STONE CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE AND TWIST HIS KNEE. HE HAS A SPRAIN; WILL BE OFF WORK THE REST OF THIS W EEK AND IS GOING FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
HE STEPPED ON A NAIL ON THE GROUND IN GARBAGE PILE BY WORK AREA.
HE WAS WORKING ON THE BLOCK IN THE QUARRY WHEN THE HANDLE OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER RICOCHETED OFF THE WEDGE AND HIT HIS INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.
HE WORKS ON THE BLOCK QUARRYING STONE. SO HE IS LIFTING PIECES OF STONE DAILY AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS.
PICKED UP PIECE OF STONE,SUFFERED TREMENDOUS BACK PAIN.BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED BY DRIVING OF BOBCAT.
EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN,NOT SURE OF CAUSE BUT IT MAY BE FROM USING BOBCAT LOADER.,
HE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF STONE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE SAW SHED AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A CROSS BEAM OF THE SAW.
EE WAS CHANGING AN OIL FILTER ON HIS TRUCK WHEN HE HURT HIS RIB CAGE.
HE WAS PUSING A PIECE OF STONE THRU THE QUILLOTINE WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER LOWER NECK AREA.
HELPING WITH WELDING, WIND SWIRLED THE DIRT AROUND AND CAUSED TWO PIECES OF METAL TO ENTER HIS EYE.
MOVING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE. INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. MUSCLE STRAIN.
MOVING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE INJURY TO SH OULDER STRAIN
WORKING ON LG STONE BROKE HALF OF IT FELL AND BRUISED HIS L FOOT
WHILE WORKING, HIS RIGHT HAND WENT NUMB FOR NO APPARENT CAUSE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A LARGE STONE AND PULLED A TENDON IN LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED A HEAVY STONE ON LEFT FOOT. CHIPPED BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STONE AND FELT A SAHRP PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE.BACK STRAIN.
EMPL SLIPPED LIFTING & TRYING TO FREE ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER JAW RESULTING IN HERNIA.
WHILE CUTTING STONE ON GUILLOTINE, I.NAME TOSSED A STONE AND HE WALKED INTO IT- SO IT HIT HIM IN THE FACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PI5ING STONE ON A PALLET SLIPPED WHILE CARRYING A STONE & PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK
EMP FELL AT STO3E CUTTING MACHINE AND INJURED RT KNEE BETWEEN TWO ROCKS
HE WAS PULLING 5 BOX OF STONE TOWARD HIMSELF- WALKING BACKWARDS AND FELL OVER ANOTHER BOX FALLING DOWN- BACK INJURY.
HE NOTICED A BU5GE ON 4-23-87 AND MADE A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED TO HAVE A HERNIA.
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WRENCH AT THE CRUSHER AND WRENCH SLIPPED OFF PULLING MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.
INSTALLING NEW HEARING INTO JAW ON CRUSHER JACK SLIPPED OFF & HIT RIGHT FOOT.