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EMPLOYEE WAS ENGAGING IN ROUTINE DUTIES WHEN HE NOTICED SOMETHING IN HIS EYE..THE IRRITATION GOT WORSE AND WHEN HE LOOKED HE COULD SEE SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.HE COULDN'T GET IT OUT SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE THE PARTICLE REMOVED.NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING LARGE, HEAVY HOOKS FROM CHAIN USED TO MOVE GRANITE. HE'S NOT SURE WHAT HE DID.....TURNED WRONG OR SOMETHING WHILE HANDLING THE HOOKS DR. SAID EMPLOYEE HAS A COMPRESSED DI SC.
EMPL PICKING UP ROCK AND STRUCK HAND ON ANOTHER ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING GROUT TRUCK AND WENT OVER A BIG BUMP- THE JOLT STRAINED HIS BACK AND IT HAS HURT ON AND OFF EVER SINCE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A ROCK UNDER A PIPE LAYING ON THE GROUND TO PREVENT IT FROM FREEZING TO THE GROUND. THE AREA AROUND THE PIPE WAS ICY AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED. THE ROCK THEN DROPPED ON HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GRANITE BLOCKS ON RAILROAD CAR USINF HEAVY CHAIN TO TIE THEM DOWN.HIS WRIST BEGAN TO HURT AFTER THAT AND HURT OFF AND ON BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO SEEK MEDICA L CONSULTATION TO SEE IF HE HAD INJURED IT IN FEB. THE DR. SAID HE HAD A WRIST STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING A GRANITE LEDGE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT GRANITE FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
I. NAME AND CO-WORKER WERE PUTTING GRAB HOOKSIN BRANITE BLOCK....CO-WORKER ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE GRAB HOOK HE WAS WORKING WITH AND IT DROPPED ON I. NAME THUMB, PINNING IT BETWEEN HIS BRAB HOO K AND THE DROPPED ONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER- A RUNG WAS MISSING AND HE FELL.
EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE PUTTING A GRAB HOLE IN GRANITE BLOCK WITH A JACKHAMMER AND DRILL BIT. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BIT. THE BIT SLIPPED HITTING FINGER. FINGER WAS DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSED WITH MULTIPLE LACERATIONS.
EMP. WAS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK WHEN IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE TANK.
EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING JACKHAMMER WHEN HACKHAMMER STEEL BROKE AND HIT LEG. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SEVER BRUISE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A BOUNCER...WEDGE HOOKED IN ROCK,ROCK FELL WITH WEDGE STILL IN THERE PULLING BOUNCER AND EMPLOYEE....EMPLOYEE WAS JERKED AND TWISTED.
EMP WAS WALKING FROM ONE HOIST TO THE OTHER ON FROZEN BUMPY GROUND. HE SLIPPED AND FELL DISLOCATING THE LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND
HE WAS REMOVING A STEEL FROM GRANITE BLOCK WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND WRENCH
EMPLOYEE WAS RU3NING JACKHAMMER AND SLIPPED ON A ROCK
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING HOOKS OFF GRANITE BLOCK SLIPPED ON ROCK AND CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT LEG
HE WAS PULLING 5 CHAIN WALKING BACKWARD THE GROUND WAS SLIPPERY HE SLIPPED AND FELL OVER A ROCK HE PUT HIS ARM OUT TO STOP HIS FALL AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER
EMP BENT OVER T2 PICK SOMETHING UP AND HIS BACK SNAPPED, PRIOR TO PICKING ANYTHING UP
INJ WAS MOVING 8TEEL AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STEEL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SET IT DOWN
INJ WAS IN THE3BACK OF THE GROUT TRUCK AND ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A ROCK WITH HIS FOOT, THE ROCK ROLLED BACK AGAINST HIS FOOT, TWISTING IT
HE WAS CARRYING3A METAL CABLE AND GOT A SLIVER THIS HAPPENED SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER HE GOT THE SLIVER OUT BUT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING LEFT IN TGHE WOUND BECAUSE IT GOT BADLY INFECTEDC AND NEEDED MEDICAL3TREATMENT AND ANTIBIOTICS TO CONTROL THE INFECTION.
SMASHED RIGHT I3DEX FINGER WITH GRAB HOOK SWITCHING HOOKS WHEN MOVING GRANITE BLOCKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING A GRAB HOLE IN GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER...HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SOMEHOW GOT BETWEEN THE BIT ON JACKHAMMER AND THE ROCK.
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 DOWN FROM ROCK ON WHICH HE WAS DRILLING...CAME DOWN WRONG ON HIS FOOT AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE IS NOT3SURE WHAT HAPPEN HE WAS PERFORMING HIS ROUTINE WORK DUTIES. LATE THAT AFTERNOON HE NOTICED AN IRRIATION IN HIS EYE. WHEN HE AWOKE ON 3/10 HIS EYE WAS BADLY IRRIATED.
EMPLOYEE WAS NO7 DOING ANY SPECIFIC THING WHEN HE DISCOVERED THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. HE WAS DOING HIS DAILY WORK WHEN HE NOTICED THE IRRITATION.
HE WAS PRYING A3ROCK WITH SOME STEEL, THE STEEL SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE ROCK AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL ON THE GROUND AND STEEL IN HIS HAND
EE WAS REPLACIN1 STEELS UNDER THE LIFTHOLE MACHINE. HE STOOD UP & TURNED AROUND STRIKING HIS ELBOW ON A STEEL IN THE LIFTHOLE MACHINE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING ROCK, LOST HIS BALANCE AND LANDED WRONG ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.
WE HAVE NO IDE5 WHAT OR HOW HIS MEDICAL PROBLEM BEGAN YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTACT THE EMPLOYEE OR HIS DOCTOR FOR FURTHER DETAILS
WHILE EMP WAS U3HOOKING A CABLE FROM A BLOCK THE HOOKS SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HOOKS AND ROCK
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING LIFTHOLE STEEL OFF THE MACHINE WHEN THE MACHINE BOUNCED AND A 1/4 IN PIECE OF COUPLING STEEL FLEW OFF AND WAS EMBEDDED INTO HIS UPPER RT THIGH
EMP WAS REMOVIN1 A CABLE FROM THE DERRICK AND STRAINED HIT BACK WHILE LIFTING IT
WHILE THE EMPLO2EE WAS GRINDING A METAL SURFACE A CHIP FLEW FROM THAT SURFACE UNDER HIS SHIELD AND WAS EMBEDDED INTO HIS RT EYE
RUNNING JACKHAMMER OR LIFTING STEEL HE KNOCKED 2 VERTEBRAES OUT OF PLACE IN HIS NECK.
EMPL DOESNT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE HIS INJURY.DURING NORMAL COURSE OF HIS DUTIES HE PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS CHEST.
WHILE MOVING A SLAB OF GRANITE THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON THE ROCK AND TORE HIS FINGERNAIL OFF.
WHILE RUNNING THE BURNER TO CUT AWAY THE ROCK FROM THE LEDGE HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD FELL & THE BURNER LANDED ON HIS RT SHOULDER.
WHILE HE WAS UNHOOKING THE BLOCK THERE WAS A WASHOUT UNDER THE ROCK AND IT FELL WITH HIM ON TOP
WHILE UNHOOKING THE CHAINS FROM THE LOADER THE HOOK FELL ON THE RT FOOT OF THE EMPLOYEE AND BROKE IT
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE JACKHAMMER\S. THE VIBRATION TWISTED A VERTEBRA IN HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE HE WAS MOVING SOME STEEL, IT FELL AN, HIT A ROCK AND BOUNCED BACK AND HIT HIS HAND.
WHILE SPLITTING THE ROCK AWAY FROM THE X SIDE OF THE QUARRY A BLOCK FELL AWAY AND SPLIT INTO PIECES. THE EMPLOYEE FELL AWAY BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES AND WAS CAUGHT UNDER BY HIS FOOT.
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE HOOKS IN THE GRAB HOLES, A PIECE OF GRANITE CHIPPED OFF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
SLEDGEHAMMER SLIPPED LANDING ON FINGER THAT WAS BETWEEN THE GRANITE ROCK & SLEDGEHAMMER, SLICING THE TOP OFF & BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRABBING A PIECE OF GRANITE WITH THE JACKHAMMER & THE DRILL STEEL BROKE
THIS PATIENT IS REFERRED FOR EVALUATION OF AN ABNORMAL CHEST X-RAY AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. THE PATIENT IS A 47 YEAR OLD GRANITE QUARRY WORKER WHO HAS HAD PROGRESSIVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH FOR T HE LAST THREE YEARS. AT PRESENT HIS EXERCISE LEVEL IS LIMITED TO WALKING TWO TO TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS ON THE LEVEL OR ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS. HE IS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK BECAUSE OF SHORTNESS
NO NOV. 27, 1981 HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HISBACK WHILE MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK. AT THE QUARRY. ON FEB. 25TH 1982, HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING A STRAIN ON HIS BACK & SINCE THEN HAS HAD REPEATED TROUB LE WITH HIS BACK. ON JAN. 17TH, 1983 HIS DR. ADVISED HIM NOT TO WORK UNITL HIS BACK WAS MENDED.
BRUISED LEFT ANKLE AND HEEL WHEN HE FELL ON AN ICY PLATFORM