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INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DISCARDING WASTE PIECES OF SLATE INTO TRASH BIN. HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SLATE AND TRASH BIN.

HELPING TO TAKE A SLAB OF SLATE OFF THE SAW TABLE. IT WAS HEAVIER THAN HE THOUGHT AND IT FELL DOWN INTO HIS HAND CUTTING THE RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. 4 SUTURE REQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

PICKED UP A SLAT SCHIP WEIGHING APPROX, 10 LBS. FELT A SHARP PAIN LIKE "HIS BACK WAS GOING TO BREAK IN TWO. CONTINUED TO WORK U NTIL 3:30 P.M., HIS NORMAL PUNCH-OUT TIME. DID NOT REPORT TH IS INCIDENT TO ANYONE. H E SAID H E TOOK 6 TYLENOL. CAM TO WORK 10/26/93/ INJURED CAN TO THE OFFICE AND REPORTED HE HAD INJURED HIS AND WAS GOING TO THE DOCTOR. HE WAS TOLD TO REPT THIS FR

EE UNLOADS SAW TABLE-FINISHED PRODUCT AS WELL AS WASTE MATEIRAL. INJURED EE PICKED UP SOME WASTE MATERIAL FROM TABLE AND WAS THROWING IT IN THE WASTE CONTAINER. THE SLATE BROKE INTO AND FELL A CROSS HIS LEFT FORARM, CUTTING HIS FOREARM, REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE.

OPENING SLIDING DOOR AT SAW HOUSE AND FELT CATCH IN BACK.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL PIECE OF SLATE TOWARD HIM WHILE IT WAS ON THE SAW TABLE TO SPLIT THE SLATE AND HE STRUCK MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND ON THE SHARP EDGE OF SLATE.

INJURED WAS WALKING BY SLATE WASTS\E DUMPSTER ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING SLATE SLABS & DISCARDING THE WASTE INTO THE DUMPSTER AS THE INJURED WAS WALKING BY THE WASTE DUMPSTER THE OTHER EMP LOYEE THREW SOME WASTE TOWARD THE DUMPSTER & HITTHE INJURED IN THE MOUTH

95149ED WAS SORTING THROUGH A STACK OF DIAMOND 36YIN SAW BLADES STACK OF BLADES FELL OVER ONTO HIS LEFT LEG & SLID DOWN ON TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT HE WAS WEARING SAFETY TOED SHOES THE TOP OF THE 35630FOOT & ANKLE AREA WAS BRUISED ABRASION OF SHIN BONE OF HIS LEFT LEG

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT MILL ROCK. THE ROCK CAME APART AT A SLIP AND CUT HIS GLOVE AND THE MIDDLE FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND. REQUIRING NINE STITCHES TO CLOSE.

INJURED WAS CHANGING 8' FLORESCENT LIGHT TUBES IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS UP ON ONE-HALF A SECTION OF A 14 ALUMINUM EXTENSION LADDER, APPROX 6 TO 8 FEET OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE HAD T HIS LADDER PROPPED AGAINST AN ELECTRICAL HOIST WHICH MOVES ALONG A RAIL IN THE SHOP. OEN WITNESS WAS HOLDING THE LADDER AND THE OTHER WAS HANDING UP THE REPLACEMENT TUBES AND DISCARDING THE O

TAKING SLATE SLABS OFF A STACK OF SLATE & R ESTACKING SLATE ONTO A PALLET PIECE OF SLATE CAME APART AT A SLIP/JOINT & CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE

TAKING SLAT E OFF SLAB PC HAD JAGGED EDGE STRUCK FINGER AGAINST EDGE CUTTING MIDDLE FINGER

INJURED WAS TRYING TO GET A PIN OUT OF AHYDRAULIC CYLINDER. WHEN THE LINE WAS TAKEN OFF THE CYLINDER, THE CYLINDER DROPPED DOWN CATCHING HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE REAR END OF THE PAYHAULER AND THE CYLINDER.

LIFTING A BATTERY UP TO TRUCK

INJURED WAS THROWING WOOD INTO WOOD STOVE, WHICH WAS BEING USED TO HEAT THE SAW BUILDING, WHEN HE HIT THE MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND AGAINST THE TOP OF THE STOVEDOOR OPENING, CRACKING THE MIDD LE FINGER.

INJ REMOVING RUBBISH FROM SAW TABLE,THREW RUBBISH INTO WASTE BIN.IT SLICED HIS FINGERS.LACERATION OF INDEX FINGER LEFT HAND REQ 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE.LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER REQ ONLY 1ST AID

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING SLATE SCRAP PIECES FROM HIS SAW TABLE. HE PICKED UP THIS SCRAP PIECE OF SLATE AND WAS THROWING IT INTO THE SCRAP-BOX WHEN THE INJURED WALKED BETWEEN HIM AND THE S CRAP-BOX CUTTING HIS LEFT EAR LOBE, AS THE SLATE SAILED BY.

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER WORKMAN PUT A DRUM INTO A SHOVEL, SPRAINED BACK LIFTING THE DRUM.

INJURED WAS STACKING PILES SLATE BLOCKS ALONG SIDE OF THE SLATE MAKER, AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT DOWN MORE SLATE BLOCKS A BLOCK SLID OFF ANOTHER PILE AND ONTO HIS LEFT LEG AND ANKLE.

INJURED WAS LIFTING A SLATE ROCK OFF CONVEYOR AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOLDER.

EMP. WAS STOOPED DOWN UNDER A PAYHAULER TRUCK CHANGING OIL. THE OIL WAS DRAINING INTO A HALF CUT-DOWN OIL DRUM. HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE DRUM TO HELP PULL HIMMSELF UPRIGHT. HIS HABD SLIPPED ON TH E SIDE OF THE DRUM CUTTING IT.

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING SLATE SLABS FROM A PALLET ON A FORK LIFT. A SLAB BROKE INTO ANDFELL ON INJURED LEFT FOOT, ABOVE THE SAFETY TOE SHIELD OF HIS SHOE.

INJURED WAS PUSHING LONG SLAB OF SLATE OFF THE FORKLIFT ONTO CONVEYOR ROLLERS. THE FOREARM OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUGHT THE SLAB UNDERNEATH THE TOP SLAB. LACERATING HIS ARM. REQUIRED SIX SUTURES T O CLOSE WOUND.

INJURED WAS PUTTING DOWN SLAT EBLOCKS. THERE WERE SEVERAL SLATE BLOCKS ALREADY STACKED, AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT ANOTHER ONE DOWN, CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE TWO SLATE BLOCKS.

INJURED WS UNLO5DING RUBBISH BLOCK FROM A PALLET THE END BROKE OR JUST FELL APART IN HIS HAND AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO THROW THE SLATE INTO THE TRASH.

INJ STRUCK HIS 3ARM ON STACK OF SLATE CHIPE

INJURED AND HIS3CO-WORKER WERE PICKING UP A SLAB OF SLATE AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE.

INJURED WAS PUT7ING FIREWOOD IN STOVE THAT HEATS THE AREA WHERE THIS EMPLOYEE WORKS.A STICK OF WOOD SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS FOOT.

INJURED WAS SPL3TING BLOCKS INTO CHIPS AND STACKING THAM TO HIS RIGHT.A PILE OF THESE CHIPS FELL OVER,CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND AND REQUIRED 6 SUTURES TO CLOSE.

THERE IS A WOOD3STOVE CLOSE BY WHERE THE INJURED SPLITS FLAGGING TO HELP KEEP HIM WARM.HE GOT AN ARMFUL OF WOOD AND AS HE THREW IT DOWN HE CAUGHT HIS HAND- MASHING TWO FINGERS.

LIFTING SLATE S5AB AND CORNER OF SLAB BROKE OFF CUTTING FOREARM.

INJ LIFTING PIE7E OF SLATE ONTO CONVEYOR RAIL AND CAUGHT FINGERS MASHING 2ND JOINTS OF FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

TAKING ROOFING 8LATE OFF CONVEYOR ROLLER,WHILE TRYING TO STACK IT INJ EMPL HIT HAND AGAINST PILE OF STACKED ROOFING SLATE.

BENT OVER TO PI7K UP SLATE SLAB AND WHEN INJ STRAIGHTENED UP FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJ AND HELPER 1LACING SLATE ON CONVEYOR WHEN HE PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

LIFTING SLATE O3 THE BLOCKYARD & IT FELL FOREARM CUTTING IT.

EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED A FIRE IN A FIVE GALLONG BUCKET AT A TEMPORARY WORKSITE TO WARM THEMSELVES. ONE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE BUCKET BY USING A LONG STICK THROUGH THE BUCKET BAIL HANDLE , THE BUCKET SLIPPED OFF THE STICK, AND BURNING MATERIAL SPLASHED ONTO VICTIMS LOWER LEG CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.