June 12, 2001
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dennis A Sparks · Struck by falling object
EE WAS SPLITTING ROCK WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BEHIND HIM FELL. THE OTHER WORKERS PRESENT WARNED HIM. AS HE TURNED AROUND THE ROCK HIT HIS LEG. HE SUFFERED A LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE AND WAS TRANSF ERRED TO HARRIS METHODIST FT WORTH. AT THE HOSPITAL THE DOCTOR'S ENDED UP AMPUTATING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.