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December 23, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING A GRANITE LEDGE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT GRANITE FLEW UP UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES AND ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE.

June 2, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE PUTTING A GRAB HOLE IN GRANITE BLOCK WITH A JACKHAMMER AND DRILL BIT. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE BIT. THE BIT SLIPPED HITTING FINGER. FINGER WAS DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSED WITH MULTIPLE LACERATIONS.

May 2, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING JACKHAMMER WHEN HACKHAMMER STEEL BROKE AND HIT LEG. INJURY WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SEVER BRUISE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.

May 14, 1987 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MA5ING A GRAB HOLE IN GRANITE WITH A JACKHAMMER...HIS HAND SLIPPED AND SOMEHOW GOT BETWEEN THE BIT ON JACKHAMMER AND THE ROCK.

August 29, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING LIFTHOLE STEEL OFF THE MACHINE WHEN THE MACHINE BOUNCED AND A 1/4 IN PIECE OF COUPLING STEEL FLEW OFF AND WAS EMBEDDED INTO HIS UPPER RT THIGH

January 13, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE THE EMPLO2EE WAS GRINDING A METAL SURFACE A CHIP FLEW FROM THAT SURFACE UNDER HIS SHIELD AND WAS EMBEDDED INTO HIS RT EYE

October 24, 1985 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RUNNING JACKHAMMER OR LIFTING STEEL HE KNOCKED 2 VERTEBRAES OUT OF PLACE IN HIS NECK.

January 7, 1985 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING THE JACKHAMMER\S. THE VIBRATION TWISTED A VERTEBRA IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 28, 1983 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Steiner-Rausch Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS GRABBING A PIECE OF GRANITE WITH THE JACKHAMMER & THE DRILL STEEL BROKE

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