COMPANY WAS PROCESSING LARGE ROCK THROUGH PROCESSING PLANT. ROCKS BECAME STUCK BETWEEN FEED HOPPER AND FEEDER. EE PROCEEDED TO USE A JACKHAMMER TO TRY TO BREAK ROCK FREE. EE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A PIECE OF METAL. METAL WAS LODGE IN THE EYE AND HAS NOT YET BEEN REMOVED. FULL EXTENT OF INJURY IS NOT YET KNOWN. EYE PROTECTION WAS NOT WORN.
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August 11, 1998
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Ernest Joly & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
February 1, 1989
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Ernest Joly & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object
WAS USING JACK HAMMER TO CUT UP CEMENT ON CRUSHER-THE JACK HAMMER SLIPPED CAUSING LEFT HAND TO HIT A PIECE OF METAL ON THE CRUSHER.
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