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September 5, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRILLING ROCK & PIECE OF DIRT GOT UNDER GLASSES & INTO RIGHT EYE.

June 13, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHARPENING DRILL BITS WITH GRINDER. BIT JIT CORNER OF GRINDING WHEEL AND BIT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER.

June 12, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUTTING DOG HOLES IN ROCK WITH PLUG DRILL AND DRILLED HIS RT INDES FINGER WITH PLUG DRILL.

April 10, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING WITH A TARMROCK TRACKDRILL. WHEN HE TRIE TO CHANGE THE DRILL STEEL, TH EWIRE ON THE CLEVIS BROKEAND A 12" LONG PIECE OF STEEL FELL OUT OF THE DRILL. THE END HIT THE EMPLO YEE ON TOP OF THE RIGHT HAND CAUSING IT TO XXXX SWELL.

March 26, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH PLUG DRILLS. ROCK HAD BED AND BROKE BEFORE EXPECTED, AND GRADALLY LAID OVER. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT GET OUT OF PATH IN TIME AND WAS PINNED BETWEEN ROCKS AT HIP AR EA.

September 10, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS DRILLING ROCK WITH JACKHAMMER. WENT TO PUT JACKHAMMER ON TOP OF ROCK TO CHANGE DRILLING LOCATION AND SLIPPED ON MUDDY ROCK. JACKHAMMER FELL DOWN ON LEFT THUMB CRUSHING FIRST JOINT.

July 31, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ON LEDGE WAITING FOR TRACKDRILL TO BE LOWERED INTO PLACE SO HE COULD DRILLROCK. HE WAS OPERATING CRANE WHEN DRILL TIPPED FORWARD SLIGHTLY DUE TO WEIGHT OF DRILL CAUSING DRILL TO SWING. OTHER TRIED TO PUT ON HOUSE LOCK BUT NOT BEFORE DRILL PINNED EE AGAINST HIGHWALL.

July 1, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROCK AND A PIECE OF ROCK CHIPPED OFF AND WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE CAUSING AN ABRASION OF THE CORNEA.

June 27, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by powered moving object

EMP WAS PLUGGING ROCK. HAD HIS BACK TOWARD CRANESUPERVISOR OPERATING CRANE. TURNED CRANE TOWARD EMP. CRANE HOOKS HIT EMP BEHIND LEFT EAR. EMP HAD LUMP BEHIND EAR.

June 12, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK WITH A JACKHAMMER AND DROPPED THE JACKHAMMER ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

March 25, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH THE PLUG DRILL AND A PIECE OF ROCK FELL OFF SIDE OF WALL AND BOUNCED OFF HIS LEFT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW CAUSING A 1" CUT.

November 22, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRILLING ROCK & CHIP OF STONE WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES & INTO RIGHT EYE.

August 26, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE FOR WIRE SAW. HE WAS TAKING OFF A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL TO PUT NEW DRILL STEEL ON. HE PUT PIPE WRENCH ON OLD STEEL TO LOOSEN. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED THE ROTATION SWITCH ON AND HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE PIPE WRENCH. CUTTING THE INSIDE OF THUMB OF RIGHT HAND REQUIRING 8 STITCHES.

May 9, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN ROCK WITH JACKHAMMER. HE LOOKED DOWN TO SEE IF HE WAS DRILLING STRAIGHT. ROCK CHIPS FLEW UP INTO LEFT EYE.

November 18, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS RUNNING DRIL AND GOT RIGH THAND PINCHED BETWEN DRILL AND WRENCH CAUSING LSIGHT GASH AND BRUISE AND SWELLIGN NEAR THUMB AREA.

October 14, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, DANNY JONES, SET UP THE BAR FOR DRILLING. BAR SPUN AROUND AND WENT ACROSS BOOT OF HIS LEFT FOOT AND CRUSHED FOURTH TOE. THIS RESULTED IN TOE BEING BADL Y BRUISED.

September 1, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING JACKHAMMER TO GET ROCK OUT OF QUARRY WHEN RIGHT HAND SWELLED.

March 8, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING BULLDOZER & THE DOZER SLID IN THE MUD CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JAM MUSCLE IN LOWER RT SIDE OF BACK

November 16, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS RUNNING BACKHOE. EE IS 5'2" TALL. THE SEAT ON THE BACKHOE DOES NOT ADJUST FORWARD AND BACKWARD, THEREFOR EE HAD TO SIT FORWARD IN THE SEAT SO HE COULD REACH THE CONTROLS TO OPERATE THE MACHINE. THIS CAUSED HIM TO STRAIN MUSCLES IN HIS NECK AND UPPER BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ARM.

October 29, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING ATLAS COPCO DRILL. WHEN HE PULLED EXTENSION UP TO SPIN DRILL OUT A PIECE OF GRANITE FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RIGHT EYE.

August 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK. THE DRILL GOT STUCK IN THE ROCK AND CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK. HE FELL BACK AND HURT BACK ON LOWER LEFT SIDE.

July 13, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS USING A GRINDER TO SHARPEN THE DRILL BITS. THE GRINDER GOT STUCK & CAUSED THE BIT TO SHIFT. GRINDER WENT ACROSS HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER & TOOK A BIG PIECE OF FLESH OFF.

June 3, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS USING A PLUG DRILL TO DRILL THE ROCK AND A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW OFF AND WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 13, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROCK & CHIPS OF GRANITE FLEW OFF ROCK & INTO LEFT EYE.

December 31, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS STANDING BESHIDE MAINTENANCE MAN WHILE HE WAS WELDING A DRILL GUIDE. A PIECE OF HOT METAL FLEW OFF THE GUIDE AND WENT UNDER THE SAFETY GOGGLES AND BURNED HIS LEFT EYELID AND IN THE CORN ER OF HIS LEFT EYE NEAR HIS NOSE.

December 21, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

PLUG DRILLING ROCK WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF AND WENT UP AND UNDER SAFETY GOGGLES AND INTO LEFT EYE CAUSING PAIN AND WATERING. HAS A CORNEAL ABRASION.

August 11, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

85061S RUNING A SLOT DRILL AND THE BIT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER AND PINCHED IT BETWEEN THE BIT AND THE ROCK.

June 11, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DOING PLUG DRILLING AND GOT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

May 27, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING AN AIR COMPRESSOR TO BLOW THE DIRT & JUNK OFF THE TOP OF THE ROCK TO GET READY TO DRILL WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK BLEW BACK & INTO HIS LEFT EYE

March 9, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK & USING AN AIR COMPRESSOR WHEN THE HOSE FROM THE COMPRESSOR FLEW BACK & HIT HIM ON THE LEFT INDEX FINGER CAUSING IT TO BE BRUISED & SWOLLEN

September 26, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A PLUG DRILL AND A PIECE OF ROCK FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

July 17, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK WITH A JACKHAMMER AND PIECE OF ROCK BROKE OFF AND FLEW UP UDNER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

July 12, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUTTING A NEW GRINDING WHEEL ON THE GRINDING MACHINE AND THE WHEEL SHATTERED AND HIT HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER HE HAD A PARTIAL DISLOCATION AND BAD BRUISE.

May 15, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS STARTING TO DRILL ROCK WITH A JACKHAMMER AND BITS OF ROCK FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTOHIS RIGHT EYE.

March 19, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEEW AS STACKING SLABS OF GRANITE ON THE SLAB TURNER WHEN A PIECE OF TIMBER APPROX 8" X8" FLEW OFF TURNER AND HIT HIM BEHIND HIS LEFT EAR AND ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

August 6, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRILLING ROCK WITH A PLUG DRILL AND IT BOUNCED OFF THE ROCK AND CUT HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

June 5, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

WAS CUTTING ROCK AND FRAGMENT OF STONE BLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

May 7, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILLING ROCK,STONE FRAGMENT FLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES PUNCTURING EYE.

February 1, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS DRILLING ROCK WITH THE JACKHAMMER WHEN DUST AND DIRT BLEW UP INTO HIS EYE.

January 16, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

HE WAS DRILLING AND ROCK CHIP FLEW UP UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INBEDDED IN THE LEFT EYE.

January 15, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS DRILLING THRU ROCK WITH STEEL. WHEN IT BROKE THRU, IT THREW HIM OFF BALANCE AND HE FELL BACKWARD TWISTING HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK AND FALLING ON HIS TAILBONE.

December 15, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES WITH A JACK HAMMER. DUST BLEW UP INTO HIS EYE.

November 10, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS DRILLING HOLE IN THE ROCK WITH A JACK HAMMER WHEN DUST THREW UP IN HIS EYE

June 6, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING ROCK WITH WEDGES & JACKHAMMERS THE ROCK LET LOOSE & BEGIN TO ROLL EMPLOYEE RAN TO AVOID GETTING HIT BUT WAS HIT

February 6, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING AIR HOSE TO BLOW DIRT FROM DRILL HOLE.DIRT GOT UNDER MAN'S SAFETY GLASSES.

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