HE WAS SPLITTING STONE. PIECE TO BE SPLIT WAS STANDING ON EDGE. IT BROKE IN HALF AND FELL ON HIS FOOT JUST ABOVE STEEL OF HIS BOOT. BADLY BRUISED FOOT.
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Showing all 6HE WAS REDRILLING TEMPLATE MATERIAL FOR DIFFERENT DRILLING PATTERN. THE TEMPLATE MATERIAL TWISTED IN HIS HAND, CUTTING RIGHT PALM OF HAND AT THE BASE OF HIS THUMB.
HE WAS BREAKING STONE WITH AN AIR HAMMER, THE STONE SPLIT AND THREW THE MAN ON THE GROUND.
HE WAS USING AN ELECTRIC GRINDER TO GRIND DOWN A PC. OF STEEL ON A TRUCK BED BEFORE WELDING, GRINDER HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN STEEL & OPERATOR LOST GRIP & GRINDER HIT HIM ON BOTTOM MIDDLE FINGE R OF LEFT '%*%'*%*@*'*%' HIT HIM ON BOTTOM MIDDLE OF LEFT FOREARM.
HE WAS WELDING AS HE REMOVED HIS HELMET, A VERY SMALL PIECE OF STEEL HIT HIM IN THE EYE
HE WAS BREAKING BUILDING STONE WITH A JACKHAMMER LET THE BIT SLIP CUTTING INTO LITTLE TOE ON RT FOOT HIS TOE WAS AMPUTATED