EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A LIFTER WHEN A SLAB PEELED OFF THE RIB ABOUT 9' UP, CAME DOWN HITTING HIS HARD HAT.
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Showing all 2THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF SECONDARY GROUND SUPPORT. A ROCK FELL FROM THE "RIB" AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT THIGH. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE BEATTY MEDICA L CLINIC, X-RAYS WERE NEGATIVE. SEVEREAL WEEKS LATER THE EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS A RESULT OF THE SAME INCIDENT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS AGAIN SENT TO THE BEATTY MEDICAL