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EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING LEDGE LOADER IN MOVING ROCKS OFF OF WORK AREA & DRIVING STEEL WEDGES INTO GRANITE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER & COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BREAK A LONG LINE OF GRANITE BLOCKS BY USING 5" WEDDGES AND SHIMS WHIHC MUST BE DRIVEN DOWN WITH ASLEDGE HAMMER (10#) AND WHEN HE WENT TO HIT THE NEXT WEDGE, HE COULD NOT RAISE HIS ARM UP TO STRIKE THE WEDGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING A ROCK. WHEN IT SPLIT A PIECE FELL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM IT CAUSED THE SHOULDER TO SEPARATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM, IN THE PALM OF HAND, AND CUT IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGE INTO ROCK BEING BROKE, AND A PIECE OF THE WEDGE BROKE AND WAS THROWN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRIVE A WEDGE USING A HAMMER. THE HANDLE OF THE HAMMER BROKE AND THE HAMMER HEAD FLEW OFF GLAZING THE EMPLOYEE'S JAW. THE HAMMER HIT HIS TEETH AND BROKE T HE SECOND TOOTH FROM THE CENTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS MOUTH.