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SELECTING WHITE3BLDG STONE.TRYING TO BREAK ROCK TO BLDG STONE SIZE-12''. STRUCK ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER CHUNK ABOUT SIZE OF APPLE FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SHIN BONE BELOW KNEE CAUSING S MALL LACERATION3& SWELLING.
WAS HAULING ROC5 FROM ROCK QUARRY TO MILLSITE AFTER 1ST LOAD HE SAID HE FELT A HEADACHE COMING ON SO HE STOPPED AND TOOK 2 ASPRIRIN. ON SECOND LOAD HEADACHE BECAME WORSE, FELT DIZZY VISION BL IURRED. WAS TAK9N TO SO. INYO HOSPITAL EMERGENCVY FROM FOR TREATMENT AND THEN RELEASED TO GO HOME FOR REST OF DAY. DR. SAID THIS WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE FUMES.
2 MEN WERE BREA5ING ROCK WITH 1I LB SLEDGEHAMMERS BOTH MEN WERE APPROX 10 FT APART ONE MAN STRUCK ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SMALL CHIP OF ROCK FLEW AND STRUCK THE OTHER MAN ON RT SIDE OF CHIN
WAS BARRING LOOSE ROCK OFF QUARRY WALL,WHEN A SMALL ROCK DISLODGED APPROX.3 TO 4FT ABOVE HIM AND STRUCK HIM ON TOP OF RIGHT SHOULDER.