WHILE BREAKING UP ROCK WITH 16 LB HAMMER EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT FOOT WITH HAMMER.
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Showing all 5SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF STEEL FROM BULLSET SEPARATE & BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT LEG
DRIVING A METAL WEDGE WITH HAMMER, WHEN A FRAGMENT OF METAL HIT HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.
CLEANING UP LOOSE ROCK WHEN PIECE DISLODGED & STRUCK RT. FOREARM CAUSING LACERATION.
MAN WAS DRIVING METAL WEDGE SPLITTING STONE, WHEN FRAGMENT OF METAL HIT HIM ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING CUT THAT REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES.