EE THOUGHT HE WAS UNCAPPING A WATER VALVE BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY UNCAPPING AN AIR VALVE WITH THE PRESSURE ON. WHEN THE CAP WAS REMOVED, THE PRESSURE JAMMED HIS THUMB.
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April 21, 1999
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Keystone Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
INJURED WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WEDGES ON LEDGE.HE MISSED A WEDGE THE HAMMER HIT THE ROCK AND BOUNCED BACK TO HIS HEAD.
Keystone Granite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK WHILE WORKING ON LEDGE.
Keystone Granite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HITTING WITH SLEDGEHAMMER AND HIT 5 WEDGES AND GOT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
August 12, 1986
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Keystone Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MAN WAS ON CRAN9 STRICKING A DRIFT PIN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. MISSED PIN AND HIT LEG.
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