EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING A GRANITE LEDGE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT GRANITE FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.
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Showing all 5EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING JACKHAMMER WHEN HACKHAMMER STEEL BROKE AND HIT LEG. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SEVER BRUISE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING LIFTHOLE STEEL OFF THE MACHINE WHEN THE MACHINE BOUNCED AND A 1/4 IN PIECE OF COUPLING STEEL FLEW OFF AND WAS EMBEDDED INTO HIS UPPER RT THIGH
THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE JACKHAMMER\S. THE VIBRATION TWISTED A VERTEBRA IN HIS LOWER BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRABBING A PIECE OF GRANITE WITH THE JACKHAMMER & THE DRILL STEEL BROKE