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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A JACK HAMMER. TRIMMING GRANITE BLOCKS WHEN HE "FELT SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POP."
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING LEDGE LOADER IN MOVING ROCKS OFF OF WORK AREA & DRIVING STEEL WEDGES INTO GRANITE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER & COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN A PORTABLE METAL LADDER ONTO A BLOCK OF GRANITE WHICH WAS SITTING ON THEBOTTOM OF KEYCAT. THE LADDER HAD BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT FOR LOADER TO LIFT MATERIAL OUT OF AREA. WHEN THE LADDER WAS PLACED BACK IT WAS NOT SECURED. EMPLOYEE STARTED DOWN LADDER AND ITSLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPROX 4' OR 5' DOWN ONTO THE TOP OF GRANITE BLO
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKINMG ON A LOWER LEVEL BENCH WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE FROM THE LEDGE ABOVE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF USING THE BLOW PIPE TO CLEAN OUT SOME VERTICLE DRILL HOLES. AND WHEN HE INSTRU CTED THE EMPLOYEE TO TURN ON THR AIR THE BLOW PIPE WAS NOT FIRMLY IN HAND AND BLEW OUT OF CONTROL STRIKING THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SIDE(RIBS). EMPLOYEE HAS BRUISED RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF AN AREA OF THE FLOOR AND WAS MOVING SOME PIECES OF GROUT BY HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER PULLING AND LIFTING AT SAME TIME, CAUSING SHARP PAIN TO SHOULDER REGION.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPIGN 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BREAK A LONG LINE OF GRANITE BLOCKS BY USING 5" WEDDGES AND SHIMS WHIHC MUST BE DRIVEN DOWN WITH ASLEDGE HAMMER (10#) AND WHEN HE WENT TO HIT THE NEXT WEDGE, HE COULD NOT RAISE HIS ARM UP TO STRIKE THE WEDGE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL LAYING ON GRANITE ROCK. A PIECE OF HOT GRANITE ROCK FLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES HITTING RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING A ROCK. WHEN IT SPLIT A PIECE FELL CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND WHEN HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM IT CAUSED THE SHOULDER TO SEPARATE.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A AIR OPERATED"BLOW PIPE" TO FORCE DUST AND WATER OUT OF A VERTICALLY DRILLED HOLE. THE PIPE IS 1/2" DIAMETER STAINLESS STEEL WITH A TREADED NIPPLE WHICH CONNECTS THE JOINT S OF PIPE (6' SECTIONS). WHILE PUSHIGN THE PIPE OUT OF THE HOLE AND THEN STRUCK INJURED EMPLOYEE ON TOPOF RIGHT HAND ABOVE INDEX FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. A PIECE OF ROCK HIT HIM, IN THE PALM OF HAND, AND CUT IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING WEDGE INTO ROCK BEING BROKE, AND A PIECE OF THE WEDGE BROKE AND WAS THROWN STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
EE DID NOT DISCHARGE AIR FROM AIR TANK BEFORE HE TOOK OIL PLUG OUT. FILLER CAP FROM OIL TANK HIT HIM ON RIGHT FOREHEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DRIVE A WEDGE USING A HAMMER. THE HANDLE OF THE HAMMER BROKE AND THE HAMMER HEAD FLEW OFF GLAZING THE EMPLOYEE'S JAW. THE HAMMER HIT HIS TEETH AND BROKE T HE SECOND TOOTH FROM THE CENTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS MOUTH.