EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SPLITTING A BLOCK OF GRANITE. WHEN THE GRANITE BLOCK BROKE ONE PIECE ROCKED BACK TOWARDS THE LEFT WHILE THE OTHER ROCKED TOWARDS THE RIGHT. THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM THE BACK BLOCK ONTO THE FRONT BLOCK AND THEN ONTO THE GROUND WHICH WAS APPROX 5 1/2 FEET. AFTER ABOUT 5 MIN HE BEGAN TO CONPLAIN WITH HIS NECK HURTING.
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Continental Mining Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Continental Mining Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EMP WAS WALKING AWAY FROM A DRILL WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS FOOTING, RESULTING IN A FALL. WHEN HE FELL HE STRUCK HIS HEAD JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A LACERATI ON WHICH REQUIRED 10 SUTURES TO CLOSE.
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