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EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING GRANITE BLOCKS ON RAILROAD CAR USINF HEAVY CHAIN TO TIE THEM DOWN.HIS WRIST BEGAN TO HURT AFTER THAT AND HURT OFF AND ON BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO SEEK MEDICA L CONSULTATION TO SEE IF HE HAD INJURED IT IN FEB. THE DR. SAID HE HAD A WRIST STRAIN.
I. NAME AND CO-WORKER WERE PUTTING GRAB HOOKSIN BRANITE BLOCK....CO-WORKER ACCIDENTLY DROPPED THE GRAB HOOK HE WAS WORKING WITH AND IT DROPPED ON I. NAME THUMB, PINNING IT BETWEEN HIS BRAB HOO K AND THE DROPPED ONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A BOUNCER...WEDGE HOOKED IN ROCK,ROCK FELL WITH WEDGE STILL IN THERE PULLING BOUNCER AND EMPLOYEE....EMPLOYEE WAS JERKED AND TWISTED.
HE WAS REMOVING A STEEL FROM GRANITE BLOCK WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED PINNING HIS HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND WRENCH
SMASHED RIGHT I3DEX FINGER WITH GRAB HOOK SWITCHING HOOKS WHEN MOVING GRANITE BLOCKS.
HE WAS PRYING A3ROCK WITH SOME STEEL, THE STEEL SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE ROCK AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL ON THE GROUND AND STEEL IN HIS HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING ROCK, LOST HIS BALANCE AND LANDED WRONG ON HIS LEFT ANKLE.
WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE HOOKS IN THE GRAB HOLES, A PIECE OF GRANITE CHIPPED OFF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
SLEDGEHAMMER SLIPPED LANDING ON FINGER THAT WAS BETWEEN THE GRANITE ROCK & SLEDGEHAMMER, SLICING THE TOP OFF & BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.