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March 22, 1999 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CUTTING A TOE OUT OF A PIECE OF CURB, A PIECE OF SLIDE STONE CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM JAMMING HIS WRIST AGAINST A PLUG GUN.

February 11, 1999 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING A JACK HAMMER UP ON A LEDGE AT CHEST LEVEL, EMPLOYEE PINCHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER

August 3, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD STARTED DRILLING A HOLE WITH THE L27 AND IT POPPED OUT OF THE HOLE AND WENT DOWN AND EE WENT WITH IT

July 21, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE PLACING A JACKHAMMER AGAINST A WALL, THE JACKHAMMER SLID TO THE SIDE WHILE HE WAS TURNING AWAY AND IT STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT KNEE.

May 27, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE PULLED THE LIFTING PIN FROM STONE AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY THEN STOPPED AND WAS STRUCK ON THE SHOULDER BY THE PIN.

February 11, 1998 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GUIDING A DRILL ROD INTO A DRILLING MACHIE THAT WAS IN MOTION, WHEN HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT TWISTING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

December 16, 1996 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS OPERATING A BURNER & RAN IT ACROSS THE FRONT OF HIS LEG.

April 2, 1991 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BURNING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND FELT A PULL IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

November 1, 1990 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING B CRANE THE TOP HALF OF THE WINDOW CAME DOWN ON HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 5, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRILLING STONE. A SLIDE IN THE STONE OPENED UP AND HE FELL 3 FEET- INJURING LEG.

June 9, 1989 NH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fletcher Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PINCHED HIS THUMB IN THE STIFF LEG OF THE WIRE SAW OUTRIGGER.

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