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April 21, 2005 MD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Tri-State Stone & Building Supply Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SCALING THE LEDGE WHEN HE MOVED HIS ROPE WHICH DISLODGED LOOSE MATERIAL FROM ABOVE. THIS MATERIAL KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF AND A SUBSEQUENT PIECE OF FALLING MATERIAL STRUCK HIS HEAD, CAUSING A LACERATION THAT NEEDED STITCHES. FAILURE TO PROPERLY CLEAN THE ROPE'S DRAG PATH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

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