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EE was tightening a turnbuckle with a bar, as he pushed on the bar, the nut on the turnbuckle broke. EE fell forward and his hands landed on the concrete floor.
EE WAS USING A BAR TO LOOSEN A TURNBUCKLE ON GANG #3 IN THE MILL. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS UNTIL 7/1/05 WHEN HE MISSED WORK. ON 7/5/05 I RECEIVED A FAX PUTTING HIM ON LIGHT DUTY
Metal plug flew up from the ground after being hit by a sledge hammer and struck ee in the forehead causing a laceration on forehead.
HITTING A BLOCK OF STONE WITH BOTH HANDS ON A 5 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND THE RIGHT 5TH FINGER (PINKY) SOMEHOW CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND HAMMER BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
EE WAS HOLDING A COPING TOOL AGAINST A PIECE OF STONE WHILE CO-WORKER HIT THE COPING TOOL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER TO SCORE THE STONE. CO-WORKER HIT THE EDGE OF THE COPING TOOL AND A SMALL PIECE O F METAL CHIPPED OFF THE SLEDGE HAMMER. THE PIECE HIT EE IN THE LEFT FOREARM AND BECAME EMBEDDED.
SPRAINED LOWER BACK WORKING ON GANG SAW BY TWISTING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH.
THE BLADES ON GANG FIVE HAD BECOME WORN OUT FOR SAWING STONE SLABS. THE EES HAD REPLACED THE BLADES AND WERE HAMMERING THE KEYS IN TO TIGHTEN THE BLADES. WHILE THEY DID THIS EE'S ELBOW STARTED TO HURT. HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL 1900.
DRIVING STEEL KEYS WITH HAMMER WHEN A FOREIGN BODY WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.