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HAMMERING CHISEL, BOUNCED INTO FACE
HAMMERING A CHISEL, THE CHISEL SLIPPED AND BOOMERANG'D BACKWARDS STRIKING EMPLOYEE ABOVE EYE
Hammering a block of stone, hammer missed and hit himself on the left shin, did not request a doctor's appt until 12-31-08
bent over chiseling a rock block, glasses slipped down on nose and debris entered right eye
Chiseling rock and debris entered eye
Hammering chisel, chisel slipped and hit miner in upper lip.
Lifting a block w/crow bar, block slipped and caught his finger, smashing it.
smashed finger with sledge hammer
EMPLOYEE WAS SEPARATING A BLOCK OF STONE, THE TOP BLOCK SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS THIRD MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO BLOCKS OF STONE HE WAS SEPARATING.
EE was using a pry bar to lift a slab of stone, the pry bar slipped and his finger was smashed with the pry bar and the stone slab.
EE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIS WRIST.
CHISEL BROKE AND METAL CAUSED SUPERFICIAL CUT TO THE NECK. EMPLOYEE LATER WENT TO PHYSICIAN TO BE SURE THAT NO FOREIGN BODY IN SUPERFICIAL CUT & TO GET A TETNUS SHOT.
EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIMSELF IN THE LOWER RIGHT LEG WITH THE SLEDGE. EE DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL AFTER BRUISING APPEARED AND THE BRUISING HAD A HARD QUALITY TO THE BRU ISE. EE WAS SENT TO THE DR WHO CHECKED FOR FRACTURE WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT AND WAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT. EE WAS INJURED ON 10-3-03 BUT DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 10-7-03 TO HAVE BRUISED
WORKING WITH CROWBAR; HANDS SLIPPED RESULTING IN ABRASION TO LEFT CHEEK.
EE WAS USING A CROWBAR TO LIFT A LARGE BLOCK OF STONE, THE CROWBAR SLIPPED AND THE EE'S HAND HIT THE STONE CAUSING A CUT TO HIS RIGHT HAND/KNUCKLES.
LIFTING A BLOCK OF FLAGSTONE WITH CROWBAR, BLOCK SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST LEFT LEG CALF AND SHIN. TAKEN FOR X-RAYS TO BE SURE OF NO BROKEN BONES. NO BONES WERE BROKEN. SCRAPE OF SKIN AND BRUIS ING ONLY.
EE WAS BOUNCING A STEEL BAR TO CREATE A FRACTURE LINE ON A BLOCK OF STONE, THE EE BENT OVER TOO FAR AND THE BAR BOUNCED INTO HIS FACE AND SMACKED HIM IN THE FRONT TOP RT. TOOTH. TOOTH HAD TO BE PULLED.
EE WAS USING A HAMMER & CHISEL. HE HAD REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES. WHEN HE STRUCK CHISEL WITH HAMMER, A FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS EYE. EVEN THOUGH INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 8/11 HE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER UNTIL THE LATE EVENING OF 8/14/01.
LEANING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE AGAINST HIS BODY, HE HAMMERED A CHISEL INTO THE STONE AND A SPLINTER FROM THE CHISEL WENT INTO HIS LEFT SIDE. SENT TO THE DR TO HAVE THE SPLINTER REMOVED.
SCALING A FLAGSTONE BLOCK TO SPLIT OFF A SECTION, EE HAMMERED ON A CHISEL, THE CHISEL SPRUNG BACKWARD STRIKING EE IN THE LEFT LEG SHIN BONE. AFTER ONE WEEK, THE EE IS REQUESTING TREATMENT.
EE WAS HAMMERING A CHISEL, MISSED THE CHISEL AND HIT HIMSELF ON THE LEFT SHIN.
EE WAS USING A CROWBAR TO LIFT A BLOCK OF SANDSTONE, THE CROWBAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE EE'S SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.