Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I,NAME WAS USIN1 AN AIR HAMMER TO DRILL A CAP SHOT. THE HAMMER JOLTED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE.
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Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object
HE WAS DRILLING3WITH AN AIR DRILL 5 FT AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL. HIS FOOT WAS AGAINST THE DRILL TO HOLD THE SAND. AT 9 FT, THE DRILL WENT THROUGH THE CREVICE, CAUSING THE HAMMER TO FALL APPROX. FT TO 3 FT ONT2 HIS LEFT FOOT.
April 10, 1985
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS CUTTING A TREE WITH A CHAIN SAW THE TREE FELL IT HIT A BOULDER 12-14\ HIGH & THE BUTT OF THE TREE KICKED UP IN T HE AIR MIVED TOWARDS HIM & HIT HIM IN THE BACK KNOCKED HIM DOWN. WHEN THE BUTT KICKED UP HE STARTED TO RUN AWAY FROM IT BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE TREE. HE CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE TREE & WAITED FOR 1ST AID.
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