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.
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Showing all 8I.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 SHOVELIN1 SCRAP ROCK INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK DISLOCATING HIS BACK VIRTABAES.
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
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