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EE WAS HAND SPLITTING STONE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER: A PIECE OF STEEL SPLINTERED OFF WHEN HE HIT CHISEL AND IMBEDDED IN HIS FOREHEAD, RIGHT ABOVE SAFETY GLASSES.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE, PIECE OF HAMMER SPLINTERED OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM.
REPORTED TO OFFICE ON WED 12/26/01 AT 4:40 PM. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING STONE, A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FROM THE HAMMERHEAD SPLINTERED OFF AND IMBEDDED IN HIS LOWER LIP.
HE SAID HE WAS SPLITTING STONE WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STONE IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT ARM BY ELBOW. THE HAMMER SPLINTERED OFF AND
HE WAS SPLITTRING STONE USING A SLEDGEHAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OFF HAMMER AND HIT EE ON TOP LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.
HE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT FLASHING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN HE CUT THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND CAUSING A 1" LONG LACERATION.
HE WAS SPLITTING ROCK USING A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL SHOT OFF THE HAMMER. HE THOUGHT THE PIECE ENTERED HIS CHEST BUT THE DOCTOR DID NOT FIND THE PIECE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH A HAMMER WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK SHOT INTO HIS RIGHT INNER FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE USING A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF HAMMER AND WENT INTO HIS THIGH.
EE WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON HYDRAULIC WHEN A SHARP PAIN WENT THROUGH HIS NECK AND DOWN HIS RIGHT ARM. THE PAIN DID GO AWAY THEN ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER HE POPPED A SEAL OFF A PART AND THE SHARP PAIN CAME BACK THROUGH HIS NECK LEAVING A TINGLING FEELING IN HIS FINGERS.