EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A GRAB HOLE IN A BLOCK WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL CAME OFF THE JACKHAMMER STEEL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE
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Showing all 5I.ANME WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH A PICK HAMMER & THE STEEL HE WAS DRILLING WITH BROKE ABOVE THE HOLE & THE BROKEN PIECE STRUCK HIS FOOT JUST BEHIND THE SAFETY CAP OF HIS SHOE.
BLOWING OUT DRILL HOLES WITH AN AIR PIPE SMALL GRANITE SPALL BLEW UP AND HIT SAFETY GLASSES BROKE THE GLASS
INJURED WAS DRILLING SIZING HOLES ON A BLOCK WHEN THE JACKHAMMER STEEL BROKE HACKHAMMER WITH BROKEN STEEL CAME DOWN ON INJUREDS FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE BRUISING AND BREAKING THE SKIN I NJURED LOST TIME FROM WORK BECAUSE HE COULD NOT WHERE HIS STEEL TOED BOOTS BECAUSE OF THE SWELLING
JACKHAMMER STEEL TIP BROKE AND JACKHAMMER LANDED ON RIGHT BIG TOE