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Miner was splitting limestone slab with a chisel while striking it with 10 lb. hammer. A small piece of the chisels outer edge broke, causing foreign body to lacerate and get embedded inside miners' arm.
Employee was opening a piece of limestone using a 12 lb hammer & chisel. After striking the chisel/stone, employee saw blood on their shirt and realized they had a puncture wound to lower left quadrant of the stomach area. Foreign Body left in puncture wound
Miner was opening a piece of limestone with a 12 lb hammer & chisel. As EE was striking the chisel, EE missed hitting EE's hand/fingers.
Miner was using a 12 lb hammer and a chisel to open a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, EE missed, hitting EE's hands/fingers
Miner was splitting open a piece of limestone with a 10 lb hammer & chisel. Upon attempting to strike the chisel, EE missed and struck EE's left hand thumb.
Miner was using a 10 lb hammer and a chisel swinging at an angle to open the seam on a piece of limestone. Miner missed the chisel, causing a blunt force contusion to the top of their left hand resulting in a traumatic hematoma.
Miner was bending over using a Hammer & Chisel to trim/open a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, a piece of the chisel flew into EE's lower leg leaving a FB inside the puncture wound.
Miner was bending over toward ground and opening/trimming a piece of limestone. As EE was striking the chisel, EE felt something hit EE's Right knee area causing pain. Possible piece of chisel broke loose causing a puncture/laceration and FB remained embedded
As miner was splitting open a piece of limestone, a piece of metal fleck from the wedge broke loose and embedded in middle left finger
Miner was opening a piece of stone with a hammer & chisel-a seam broke loose on the bottom of stone and broke off falling approx. 2-3' and landing on his foot. Right Foot contusion and closed fracture to Right Big Toe
Miner was chiseling a large piece of limestone using a 12 lb hammer. He missed the chisel and hit his left hand below the thumb area which forced the left side of his hand against the stone fracturing his 5th metacarpal.
Miner was striking a chisel with a 3lb hammer to split limestone. As he hit the chisel he noticed his hand bleeding and a piece of the chisel had cut and embedded in his right hand.
Miner was using an 8lb hammer & a chisel to split limestone. Miner is right handed and while swinging missed the chisel striking his left hand causing a contusion.
Miner was using a 10LB hammer & chisel to open a large piece of limestone. When swinging the hammer, he missed the chisel and hit his hand.
Miner was using a 10lb hammer & chisel repetitively to strike & split limestone.
Minor was working on floor ground of block in quarry using a chisel & hammer to open pieces of limestone when a piece approx size 2x2 broke away from seam & fell from about waist high onto minor's leg causing contusion /abrasion to right ankle.
Minor was using a hammer & chisel while splitting limestone when a piece of metal flew off and struck him in the left forearm
Minor was using a hammer & chisel to split limestone when he struck his middle finger on the right hand smashing it.
Employee was using a 2-6 lb hammer to split raw stone material. His left foot/leg was raised for leverage while he was swinging. As the stone broke the chisel moved and he hit his ankle/foot with the hammer.
Employee was using a 2-6 lb hammer to break a limestone slab apart. His left foot/leg was raised for leverage while he was swinging, and he hit his foot.
Employee was chiseling on a limestone slab when a piece of metal from the chisel flew into his left leg and embedded.
employee was chiseling a piece of limestone, when a foreign body flew into left eye.
Employee was hitting a piece of stone with a sledge hammer and he noticed he couldn't bend or grasp anything when he was done.
Employee was striking a piece of stone with a hammer & chisel and a piece of stone chipped off and flew up and hit him in the nose and sliced it open.
Employee was chiseling off a 1" layer of stone when a piece flew up and hit him in the arm and sliced it open.
Employee was striking a piece of stone with a hammer and a piece of stone chipped off and enbedded in right cheek.