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EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING ROCK ON TOP OF HILL. HE STEPPED ON LEDGE AND LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLID DOWN THE HILL.
EE WAS DRILLING WITH TRACK DRILL. HE STEPPED FROM TOP OF ROCK ONTO TOP OF TRACK DRILL TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. HE TRIPPED OVER THE FILLER CAP ON THE TOP OF THE TRACK DRILL AND FELL AGAINST T HE MUFFLER BRAKE WITH LEFT ELBOW, CAUSING A LACERATION AND BRUISE.
WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ROCK, WHEN ROCK BROKE INTO 2 PIECES, CAUSING EE TO FALL OFF SIDE OF ROCK. SPRAINED RT ANKLE.
HE WAS WALKING AROUND ROCK TO HELP PULL ANOTHER ROCK OUT OF THE QUARRY & FELL INTO A CREVICE.
HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE QUARRY TRAIL TO DRILL THE ROCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT LEG AND KNEE.
HE WAS GETTING ONTO BACKHOE WHEN HE SLIPPED OJ MUD ON TRACKS HE CAUGHT ON SIDE OF BACKHOE & WAS HANGING THERE BOTH ARMS HURT BETWEEN WRIST & ELBOW & RT SIDE OF HIS BACK CONTINUED TO WORK THE R EST OF DAY BUT WHEN GOT UP NEXT MORNING THE PAINWAS WORSE
HE STEPPED UP ONT EH SAW CART TO CHECK A CRACK IN THE ROCK AND THE RANDOM BROKE OFF. HE FELL AGAINST THE ROCK AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM. HE JAMMED HIS LITTLE FINGER AND BRUISED HIS WRIS T BADLY.
HE WAS CARRYING A JACKHAMMER DOWN THE HILL FROM THE TOP OF THE QUARRY AND SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
HE WAS WALKING UP THE HILL TO HIS WORK POSITION FROM BREAK AND TRIPPED OVER A HOSE FROM THE ROCK DRILL AND FELL DOWN. HE HIT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON A ROCK ADN BRUSHED BURNED IT AND BRUISED IT.
HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE BANK INTO THE QUARRY AND SLIPPED ON THE LOOSE GRAVEL. HE FELL AGAINST THE QUARRY ROCK AND CRACKED A RIB ON THE RIGHT SIEDE. THE EE CONTINUED TO WORK THRU FRIDAY 10-11-9 1. ON MONDAY 10-14-91 HE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT HE THEN WENT TO BRANDYWIND HOSPTIAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND HAD X RAYS TAKEN.
EE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A WEDGE. HIS LEFT FOOT WAS ON TOP OF A ROCK. THE ROCK SHIFTED AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND WENT UNDER THE ROCK. HIS TOES ARE BRUISED.
HE WAS PULLING A CABLE & HOOK UP TO FASTEN TO A ROCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON ANOTHER ROCK & FELL FORWARD & DOWN ABOUT 10FT INTO THE QUARRY HOLE & CUT HIS RT ELBOW AS HE LANDED ON HIS BACK
HE WAS OPERATING THE FRONT END LOADER. WHEN HE JUMPED DOWN OFF OF IT HE HIT SOME UNEVEN DIRT AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF BACKHOE AND SLIPPED ON WET GROUND AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE BACKHOE TRACK.ELBOW HAS BUMP ON IT AND RIGHT FOREARM HURTS.
HE WAS WALKING UP AN INCLINE TO TAKE A MORNING BREAK AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK.HE TRIED TO KEEP HIMSELF FROM FALLING AND HIS BACK WRENCHED BACKEWARDS AND THEN HE DID FALL FORWARD AND HIT HIS R IGHT FOREHEAD ON HIS LUNCHBOX.
SPOTTING ROCK WITH PLUG DRILL L FOOT SLIPPED TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF THEN R FOOT SLIPPED ALSO HIT HEAD AND R SHOULDER AGAINST ROCK THEN FELL IN WATER HOLE
HE WAS CLIMBING ON ROCKS WHEN PIECE OF ROCK BROKE AWAY FROM UNDER FOOT & HE HIT LEFT WIST & ELBOW AGAINST QUARRY.
2 X 4 LAID OVER UNEVEN ROCK AND MEN WALKING BACK & FORTH OVER TIMBERS TO WORK AT SITE. A 2X4 ROCKED AS I.NAME WALKED OVER IT TWISTING ANKLE.
AN INCH OF SNOW HAD FALLEN DURING THE NIGHT, AND NOW A LIGHT DRIZZLE WAS FALLING. EE WAS CARRYING A JACK HAMMER TO THE WORK SITE WHEN HE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN ROCK BEGAN WALKING FROM SITE TO GET CRANE OPERATOR STEPPED ON LOOSE ROCK AND BEGAN FALLING EXTENDED HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF AND HAND WAS SLASHED BY SHARP ROCK