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October 6, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP DRILL STEEL. FELT "POP" IN LEFT WRIST AND THEN PAIN.

August 20, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING 992 LOADER AND DROPPED PIN WEIGHING APPROX. 45 LB ON LEFT BIG TOE CAUSING IT TO SWELL AND BRUISE.

June 7, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PULLING LARGE, HEAVY CHAIN UP FROM QUARRY HOLE TO ATTACH TO ROCK IN ORDER TO GET ROCK PULLED OUT OF QUARRY WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK.

February 20, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING AIR HOSE FROM ONE AREA OF QUARRY TO ANOTHER WHEN HE PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TOW ROK FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. HE THEN TRIED TO PICK UP A JACKHAMMER AND COULD NOT.

February 2, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN A PIECE OF STEEL THAT WAS FROZEN IN ICE. HE KICKED IT WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE FOOT GOT NUMB AND HE COULDN'T PUT ANY WEIGHT ON IT.

January 31, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROCK AND STEEL GOT STUCK IN DRILL HOLE. HE PULLED STEEL OUT MANUALLY AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT FOREARM.

June 2, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING TRUCK. WHEN HE WENT TO JUMP DOWN HIS LEFT RING FINGER HAD WEDDING BAND ON IT AND GOT CAUGHT ON SIDE RAIL OF TRUCK, CAUSING FINGER TO BE ALMOST COMPLETELY TORN OFF.

May 17, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A BUCKET OF PLASTER TO MIX TO PUT ON SAWS TO LEVEL BLOCKS WHEN BUCKET FELL OUT OF HAND CAUSING PLASTER DUST TO BLOW UP INTO BOTH EYES

April 19, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PULL A JAMMED STEEL ROD OUT OF A DRILL HOLE.

November 3, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WENT TO PUT PLUG DRILL ON GROUND AND PUT ON LEFFT FOOT INSTEAD CAUSING LOSS OF TOENAIL ON BIG TOE.

September 26, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS LEADING INTO QUARRY HOLE WHEN HE HIT HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE STEEL RAILING AND IT IMMEDIATELY SWELLED UP.

March 25, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING STEEL BAR OUT OF DRILL HOLE WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED DUE TO RAINY WEATHER AND WET GLOVES. HE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL DOWN HITTING HIS LEFT SHIN ON THE ROCKS CAUSING A BAD BR UISSE AND SWELLING.

January 31, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING OVERHEAD DOOR TO SAW #4 BUILDING WHEN HE PULLED CHAIN A PIECE OF DIRT FELL INTO HIS RT EYE

April 2, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Rubbed or abraded

IT WAS A VERY MUDDY WORK AREA. THE EMPLOYEE WAS OWRKING DRILLING ROCK AND GOT MUD INSIDE HIS RIGHT BOOT. THE MUD RUBBED AGAINST HIS TOES CAUSING THE SKIN TO COME OFF EMPLOYEE THOUGHT JUST LIKE A BRUSH BURN AND CONTINUED WORKING. THE TOES BECAME VERY SORE AND INFECTED.

December 21, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS UNHOOKING WATER PUMP THAT PUMPS THE WATER OUT OF THE QUARRY HOLE GETTING READY TO REMOVE IT FROM THE AREA ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CAME UP THE HILL WITH A BACKHOE TO REMOVE A ROCK THAT WAS THER E WHEN HE PUT THE BUCKET OF THE BACKHOE DOWN IT JARRED THE ROCK & IT TILTED OVER AGAINST EE LEFT LEG PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE PUMP & THE ROCK HE HAD A CONTUSION ON HIS CALF & BRUISED TOES

October 26, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE WAS HANDING HIM THE JACKHAMMER FROM THE ROCK ABOVE WHERE EE WAS STANDING. THE JACKHAMMER HIT HIM ON THE WRIST OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND APPARENTLY BROKE A BLOOD VESSEL. A LUMP FORMED IM MEDIATELY ON HIS WRIST HE WENT TO THE CO DR AND AND HE HAD TO HAVE IT LANCED AND DRAINED.

September 15, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS MOVING A 2" AIR LINE FOR THE COMPRESSOR. ONE END MOVED, THE OTHER DID NOT. IT FILIPPED HIM BACKWARDS ONTO A PILE OF ROCKS. HE SPRAINED HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

August 25, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS RUNNING THE TRACK DRILL AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE WALKED INTO AN EXTRA PIECE OF STEEL THAT IS USED FOR DRILLING THAT WAS STORED ON TOP OF THE TRACK DRILL AND HAD VIBRATED OUT OF POSIT ION. HE BUMPED HIS FOREHEAD AND SNAPPED HIS NECK BACK.

June 3, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS PUTTING A BLOW PIPE IN THE DRILL HOLE TO POUR S MITE IN AND THE END OF THE PIPE CLOGGED. WHEN HE PULLED THE PIPE OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE GRANITE LEFT LOOSE AND SPRAYED INTO HIS FACE AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

April 27, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING OFF THE FRONT END LOADER & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE

April 13, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS REBUILDING A JACKHAMMER AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID SPLASHED INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 1, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS MIXING S MITE IN A BUCKET AND IT SPLASHED OUT AND GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE THE EE WAS NOT EWEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES AS INSTRUCTED.

September 19, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS UNDERNEATH A DUMP TRUCK DOING REPAIRS ON IT WHEN A PIECE OF RUSTY METAL FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

July 10, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK AND ONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WAS TRYING TO GET HIS ATTENTION TO LET HIM KNOW THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO PUT OFF SOME EXPLOSIVES AND THREW A ROCK TO GET HIS ATTENTION AND HI T HIM ON THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

August 30, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PUTTING HOOK DOWN FROM CRANE AND IT SWUNG AWAY AND CAME BACK AND PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE ROCK AND THE HOOK.

July 27, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS POURING SMITE INTO HOLE AND IT SPLASHED UP INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BREAKING ROCK AND REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP WEDGE, FINGER STUCK BETWEEN WEDGE AND ROCK.

September 14, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HOOKING CABLE OLD AND JAGGED TWISTED IT IT THREW OUT PARTICLES DUST DIRT FLEW UP IN EYE

September 1, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A DRILL HOLE TO FILL IT WITH BLACK POWDER.DUST AND DIRT BLEW UP INTO HIS EYE.

August 1, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING JACK HAMMER WEIGHTS OVER THE HIGHWALL.

April 10, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH JOB OF TURNING SLAB ON AMBER LIFT.

February 6, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS PUTTING "S" MITE INTO SRILL.AIR POCKET DEVELOPMENT AND BLEW OUT SOME "S"MITE.

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