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Employee was hitting rock and a piece flew up and hit their eye. Employee did have on safety glasses per foreman.
Piece of metal flew off of wedge and hit upper lip and cut.
EE was swinging sledge hammer when EE hit leg instead of wedge in granite.
The quarry crew was putting up the Christmas tree. Employee was tapping on the wedge used to stabilize equipment when a piece of the wedge chipped off and went through pants leg and penetrated leg.
Hitting wedge with hammer to free up pieces of granite. Swinging hammer and had rib sprain in left side.
Knocking wedge with hammer back and forth to get out of granite. Piece of steel came off and hit EE's left forearm. Doctor at Medical Center removed foreign body from arm. Cleaned and bandaged
Hooking up tool building in bole. His finger was mashed between chain & dogs.
Employee was hitting wedge with sledgehammer to split granite and wedge broke hitting employee in the mouth. 2 teeth were cracked.
Hitting wedges with hammer & pulled back.
EE WAS CUTTING 11/2 " TUBING ON PUMP TO REPLACE AREA OF TUBE THAT WAS BUSTED. HE WAS USING HIS POCKET KNIFE & WAS CUTTING TOWARD HIMSELF. HIS KNIFE SLIPPED OFF OT TUBE & WENT INTO HIS RIGHT LE G