EE ALLEGES HE WAS SPLITTING A SLATE BLOCK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP. INSTEAD OF HITTING CHIESEL, EE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER.
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October 17, 1998
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Colored Slate Products Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EMPLOYEE WAS UUSING A BAR TO PULL STONE ALONG ROLLS.
May 21, 1996
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE STONE DOWN ROLLS WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.
July 12, 1995
VT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE HIT HIS HAND TWICE WITH HAMMER THEREFORE CAUSING ABRASION WHICH BROUGHT ON LUMPHANGITIAS TO INDEX FINGER.
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEAVING ROCK AND ROCK FELL OVER LANDING ON FOOT.
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