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EE bent over to fit the chain underneath a piece of granite that was on the conveyor and felt a sharp pain in EE's lower back.
EE was trimming a piece of radius curbing and EE missed the chisel and hit the top of EE's left hand with the hammer and forced EE's hand on the stone, the knuckles took the hit.
Miner was breaking stone with hammer and chisel when EE struck hit thumb
Miner was attempting to move a bunk which the granite block sits on during the cutting process with a "hook tool" when the hook broke causing the miner to fall backwards.
Miner was swinging a sledgehammer and received a shoulder injury.
Attempting to free a piece of Plug gear and EE hit finger with a sledge hammer and cut finger on the stone.
Swinging a 12lb sledge hammer and employee twisted wrong and injured back
While doing secondary breakage operations EE struck a wedge and EE struck off and a piece sheared off lodging in EE's left forearm
While walking by a stone being split the individual swinging the sledge hammer struck off and debris hit the injured person in the chin area causing a laceration injury
Using a bullset on a piece of curb and when the set was hit with the hammer a piece of either steel or stone struck EE's face causing and imbedded foreign object
EE was moving a wire saw with a come along winch and strained back.
Swinging hammer missed wedge hit stone bounced back hitting EE in left eyebrow area causing laceration requiring sutures
Razor knife cut wrist while trying to swap out curtains on Dual saw
was splitting a stone with a wedge and EE struck off with the hammer and a piece of the wedge broke off and hit EE's left hand causing a laceration
Leaning forward trimming curbing and hurt lower back
stood up after striking Wedges with a 12 lb hammer and felt back pain
Employee using hand tool, piece of steel broke off and projected into left arm hitting main artery.
Piece of steel chipped off hammer employee was using on granite slabs, hit in chest (left side). X-rays not clear at first if foreign object in body, reread and recommending removal of foreign object.
While jointing granite with hand tool, piece of metal chipped off from hand tool and entered employee's right leg
employee cutting a piece of plastic pipe with a utility knife, knife slipped and cut side of palm
While jointing the stone, hand tool chipped off metal & metal piece went into left leg.
Using a hand tool to trim granite, piece of steel went into leg.
Employee was lifting curb with a bar - that had tipped over during the finishing process. (NOTE: LOST TIME BEGAN 8/27/09)
Employee was cutting curb using a steel hand chisel. A piece of steel broke off and went into his left knee.
Employee was cutting curb using a hand set. A piece of metal from the hand set flew off when he hit the granite. It lodged in his stomach area.
Employee was holding a hand "bull set" and another employee was hitting it w/a sledge hammer. A piece of granite broke off the curbing and a chip hit the top of his right hand.
Employee was using two wrenches - pulling each one - and felt something "let go" in his left chest/shoulder area.
Employee was using a long steel bar to clear the channel in the quarry - where the burner was having a hard time burning away the granite.
Employee trying to move Slot Drill over w/a bar. The Slot Drill dropped a few inches and the bar came down on his foot.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING OFF THE GRANITE SLAB BEFORE SPLITTING IT. THE BROOM HANDLE BROKE AND SLID ALONG HIS HAND/THUMB.
Ee had one foot on the block that he was "breaking". When it broke, ee fell and hit his side on the block.
EE WAS CHAINING A GRANITE BLOCK INT HE QUARRY WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND HIS ARM DRAGGED ALONG THE STONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE A STUCK METAL WEDGE FROM THE GRANITE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. HIS FINGER GOT IN THE WAY.
EE HAD BEEN USING A HAMMER TO FINISH THE CURBING AND WAS PUSHING THE CURBING ON ROLLERS. HE STARTED TO HAVE PAIN IN JUNE 2002, AND TRIED TO WORK AND THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER. ON 7/22/02 HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT W/HIS DR. AS IT WAS WORSE.
EE WAS TURNING OVER A PIECE OF CURB ON THE BANKERS WHEN IT TIPPED AND HE WENT TO GRAB IT AND IT CUT HIS HAND WHEN IT SLID DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER ONTO A WEDGE. THE HAND HOLDING THE WEDGE MOVED AND WAS CUT BY THE END OF A PIECE OF GRANITE.
EE WAS HITTING A WEDGE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER AND THE HAMMER MISSED THE WEDGE & HIT HIS THUMB
EE WAS KNOCKING BITS OFF THE DRILL STEEL WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE SLOT DRILL, PRYING ON THE DRILL TO GET IT ON LINE.