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I,NAME WAS PRYI3G ON A ROUGH BACK WITH A STEEL BAR WHEN A PIECE OF THE ROUGH BACK BROKE LOOSE, HITTING THE BAR WHICH STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE.
I,NAME WAS USIN1 AN AIR HAMMER TO DRILL A CAP SHOT. THE HAMMER JOLTED, STRIKING HIS RIGHT SIDE.
I.NAME WAS USIN1 A SLEDGE HAMMER AND STEEL WEDGE TO PLUG STONE. HE HIT THE WEDGE OFF-CENTER AND A STEEL CHIP FLEW INTO HIS EYE
I NAME WAS SHOV9LING DIRT ON TOP OF HIGHWALL WHEN I FELT SOMETHING PULL.I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION AT FIRST BUT EACH DAY IT GOT A LITTLE BIT WORSE.
I.NAME LIFTING 1IECE OF STONE ONTO CONVEYOR WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND ONVEYOR.STONE WAS 36'' X 12'' X 3'' WEIGHED 100 LBS.
HE WAS DRILLING3WITH AN AIR DRILL 5 FT AWAY FROM THE HIGHWALL. HIS FOOT WAS AGAINST THE DRILL TO HOLD THE SAND. AT 9 FT, THE DRILL WENT THROUGH THE CREVICE, CAUSING THE HAMMER TO FALL APPROX. FT TO 3 FT ONT2 HIS LEFT FOOT.
HE WAS SHOVELIN1 SCRAP ROCK INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK DISLOCATING HIS BACK VIRTABAES.
HE WAS TOSSING 5 STONE OVER THE HIGH WALL WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF SINCE HE WAS IN AN OUTWARD SWING AT THE TIME HE FELL OVER THE EDGE APPROX 6 FOOT AND HIT MY WRIST
THEY WERE PICKI3G UP OLD TRUCK TIRES AND LAYING THEM ON TOP OF THE TURNTABLE AS HE BENT OVER TO HELP PICK ONE UP HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK
THEY WERE MOVIN1 A DERRICK AND HE WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN INTO THE PIT WHEN H E SCAPED HIS LEG ON THE LEDGE.
PUTTING 2 X 4 U3DER PIECE OF JUNK STONE WHEN BAILS SLIPPED AND STONE BROKE.STONE CAME DOWN ON 2 X 4 AND IT CAUGHT HIS LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.
I.NAME, I.NAME 3 I.NAME WERE LIFTING A BIG DOOR OPEN IN FRONT OF THE MILL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHINGPULL IN HIS LEFT RIB CAGE
HE WAS GREASING3GIVS AS HE STEPPED OFF THE GANG HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS BACK ON THE STONE STEPS
HE WAS PUTTING WEDGES IN A BLOCK OF STONE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON TAPERED STONE AND FELL INTO THE CENTER OF THE TIGHTENING BOARDS CATCHING HIS LEG ON THE SAW BLADE
HE WAS CUTTING A TREE WITH A CHAIN SAW THE TREE FELL IT HIT A BOULDER 12-14\ HIGH & THE BUTT OF THE TREE KICKED UP IN T HE AIR MIVED TOWARDS HIM & HIT HIM IN THE BACK KNOCKED HIM DOWN. WHEN THE BUTT KICKED UP HE STARTED TO RUN AWAY FROM IT BUT NOT IN TIME TO AVOID THE TREE. HE CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE TREE & WAITED FOR 1ST AID.
HE WAS MAKING A SLOT IN A ROUGH BACK WITH A PICK HAMMER & PART OF PIECE HE WAS POUNDING ON FELL TOWARDS HIM HE TRIED TO PUSH IT AWAY & WAS MOVING BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PROCESS HE W AS KNOCKED DOWN & HIT HIS BACK ON A PC OF STONE
A MILL SAW CART HAD BEEN LOADED WITH TWO BLOCKS OF STONE. HE WAS IN A STOOPED POSITION PLACING WEDGES UNDER ONE OF THE BLOCKS TO LEVEL IT. WHILE IN THIS POSITION, A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM TH E CORNER OF THE BLOCK, STRUCK THE SAW CART, AND PITCHED FORWARD AND HIT HIM, THE STONE GRAZED HIS BACK AND FELL ON HIS LEGS AND THEN ROLLED ONTO THE GROUND. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY TH
HE WAS USING A CROW BAR TO HELP LIFT A STONE TO BE REMOVED FROM A CART. HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE CART FOR LEVERAGE. A PIECE OF THE STONE BROKE OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE T WISTED AS HE F ELL AND HE HEARD A SNAP IN HIS LEFT LEG
HE WAS MAKING HIS ROUNDS & STOPPED AT THE GARAGE TO PUNCH THE CLOCK, HE PARKED HIS CAR AND LEFT IT RUNNING, WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE HIS CAR HAD SLIPPED INTO REVERSE AND WAS REVOLVING IN CIRCLES HE THOUGHT HE COULD CATCH IT AND GET IT STOPPED WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO GET IN THE DOOR CAME SHUT ON HIS HAND HE FELL AND TWO FINGERS WERE PULLED OFF
A BLOCK OF STONE HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEMAIN LEDGE. IT WAS THEN TURNED OVER ON ITS ISDE FOR SPLITTING INTO TWO PIECES. ONEEND OF THE BLOCK WAS PICKED UP BY MEANS OF A WIRE SLING. DEGARMO W AS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A TIRE UNDER THE BLOCK AND THE SLING BROKE LETTING THE BLOCK FALL TO THE FLOOR. IT STRUCK A HIGH PLACE CAUSING PART OF THE BLOCK TO SEPARATE AND FALL ON TOP OF HIM.