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The employee reported that he had been experiencing pain in his left shoulder, arm and chest for two prior days but had not reported it to anyone. On this day he reported to his supervisor that he had the pain and it was too severe to work. The employee's position requires repeated swinging of an 8 pound sledge hammer, which apparently caused the injury.

EE was using a cold steel wedge to plit/break a quarry block. When EE struck the wedge, a piece of metal from the wedge struck the EE in the forearm causing a muscle laceration and lodging in the top of the EE's forearm. This required minor surgery to be required to remove the metal and repair the damage to the muscle.

Worker was using a "mushroomed" wedge to split a quarry block. When the worker struck the wedge a piece of metal from the wedge struck the worker on the upper forearm just above the inner elbow area causing a laceration which required 3 stitches to close.