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HE CRUSHED HIS RIGHT THUMB UNDER A ROCK WHILE STACKING STONE ON A PALLET
HE GOT HIT ON THE LEFT KNEE WITH A TIRE IRON AS HE WAS FIXING A TIRE ON THE EUCLID DUMP TRUCK. WAS TOLD BY THE DR. HE HAD A BRUISE ON HIS KNEE AND HE COULD RETURN TO WORK. THE NEXT MORNING SAW HIS OWN DR WHO SENT HIM TO A SP[ECIALIST. SPECIALISTS SAID HE HAS A SEVERE CONTUSION AND HE WIL BE OFF WORK A LEAST THRU JULY 6 1994. GIVEN MEDICATION.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS GETTING PAINS IN HIS ARM AROUND THE 20TH OF JUNE. HE TOLD HIS FOREMAN BECAUSE THE PAINS WERE GETTING MORE SEVERE. HE WAS ADVISED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT WHEN THE PAINS WER E CONSTANT AROUND THE 15TH OF AUGUST. HE SAW THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD HE HAD A HERNIA AND NEEDED SURGERY. HE RECEIVED THESE PAINS DUE TO YANKING AND PULLING ON THE ARM OF THE BIN TO EMPTY STON
HE HURT HIS BACK AS HE WAS LIFTING APIECE OF FLAGSTON.E HE HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND COULDN'T STAND UP. HE REMAINED BENT OVER, MOVED TO THE SCALE AND SAT DOWN UNTIL HE COULD STRAIGHTE N UP AGAIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE CLINIC TO SEE A DR. DR SAID HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK. TOLD HIM TO TAKE A DAY OFF WORK AND THEN RETURN.
INJURED WAS ON THE LEDGE OUTSIDE THE GUILLOTINE BUILDING CLEARING STONE AWAY. WASTE STONE IS THROWN OUT THE DOOR OF THE BUILDING TO THIS AREAANOTHER EMPLOYEE DIDN'T SEE HIM AND THREW A PIEC E OF STONE OUT THE DOOR. HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD CAUSING A CUT THAT REQUIRED 27 STITCHES AND HE HAD A MILD CONCUSSION.
HE WAS LIFTING A TIRE ON THE SMALL ROLLS ON THE ROLL CRUSHER WHEN HE STRAINED HIMSELF CAUSING A HERNIA IN THE GROIN AREA.
HE WAS CLIMBING UP SCREEN #2 ON THE CRUSHER TO PUT A CHUTE ON CONVEYOR #3 AND FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THAT DAY AND THE NEXT TWO. WENT TO THE DR. ON 11-5.
HE WORKS ON THE BLOCK QUARRYING STONE. SO HE IS LIFTING PIECES OF STONE DAILY AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS.
PICKED UP PIECE OF STONE,SUFFERED TREMENDOUS BACK PAIN.BELIEVES IT MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED BY DRIVING OF BOBCAT.
HE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF STONE FROM THE FLOOR OF THE SAW SHED AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON A CROSS BEAM OF THE SAW.
EE WAS CHANGING AN OIL FILTER ON HIS TRUCK WHEN HE HURT HIS RIB CAGE.
MOVING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE. INJURY TO RIGHT SHOULDER. MUSCLE STRAIN.
MOVING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE INJURY TO SH OULDER STRAIN
WORKING ON LG STONE BROKE HALF OF IT FELL AND BRUISED HIS L FOOT
LARAGE STONE FELL OFF PALLET & FELL ON LEFT FOOT BREAKING LITTLE TOE & NEXT TOE ON LEFT FOOT
WHILE WORKING, HIS RIGHT HAND WENT NUMB FOR NO APPARENT CAUSE.
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A LARGE STONE AND PULLED A TENDON IN LEFT LEG.
EMPLOYEE DROPPED A HEAVY STONE ON LEFT FOOT. CHIPPED BONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A STONE AND FELT A SAHRP PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE.BACK STRAIN.
DROPPED STONE ON FOOT.
WHILE CUTTING STONE ON GUILLOTINE, I.NAME TOSSED A STONE AND HE WALKED INTO IT- SO IT HIT HIM IN THE FACE.
WHILE EMPTYING BINS AT THE CRUSHER HE JERKED A CONTROL LEVER TO OPEN CHUTE AND WRENCHED HIS BACK.