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EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A ROCK UNDER A PIPE LAYING ON THE GROUND TO PREVENT IT FROM FREEZING TO THE GROUND. THE AREA AROUND THE PIPE WAS ICY AND EMPLOYEE SLIPPED. THE ROCK THEN DROPPED ON HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER- A RUNG WAS MISSING AND HE FELL.
EMP WAS WALKING FROM ONE HOIST TO THE OTHER ON FROZEN BUMPY GROUND. HE SLIPPED AND FELL DISLOCATING THE LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND
EMPLOYEE WAS TA5ING HOOKS OFF GRANITE BLOCK SLIPPED ON ROCK AND CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT LEG
HE WAS PULLING 5 CHAIN WALKING BACKWARD THE GROUND WAS SLIPPERY HE SLIPPED AND FELL OVER A ROCK HE PUT HIS ARM OUT TO STOP HIS FALL AND STRAINED HIS SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 DOWN FROM ROCK ON WHICH HE WAS DRILLING...CAME DOWN WRONG ON HIS FOOT AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
WHILE RUNNING THE BURNER TO CUT AWAY THE ROCK FROM THE LEDGE HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD FELL & THE BURNER LANDED ON HIS RT SHOULDER.
WHILE SPLITTING THE ROCK AWAY FROM THE X SIDE OF THE QUARRY A BLOCK FELL AWAY AND SPLIT INTO PIECES. THE EMPLOYEE FELL AWAY BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES AND WAS CAUGHT UNDER BY HIS FOOT.
NO NOV. 27, 1981 HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HISBACK WHILE MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK. AT THE QUARRY. ON FEB. 25TH 1982, HE SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING A STRAIN ON HIS BACK & SINCE THEN HAS HAD REPEATED TROUB LE WITH HIS BACK. ON JAN. 17TH, 1983 HIS DR. ADVISED HIM NOT TO WORK UNITL HIS BACK WAS MENDED.
BRUISED LEFT ANKLE AND HEEL WHEN HE FELL ON AN ICY PLATFORM