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A ROCK FELL APROX. 15 TO 20 FT FROM A HIGH WALL STRIKING VICTIM IN THE HEAD, CAUSING A FATAL SKKULL FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SPLITTING STONE & A ROCK SLID DOWN & HIT THE HEEL ON LEFT FOOT. IT WAS A FRACTURE.
I CLIMBED UP ON THE TRUCK BED TO LEVEL LOAD DOWN AFTER THE TRUCK WAS LOADED AND SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK LANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF BACK AND RIBS, CAUSING A BRUISE TO SAME TRUCK WAS ON ROUTE TO MAIN HIGHWAY FROM ACCESS ROAD TO FIELD STONE AREA.
A STAND UP BATTERY CHARGER WAS HOOKED UP TO START A JOHN DEER FORKLIFT. WHEN THE CONNECTIONS WERE MADE, THE EMPLOYEE REACHED ACROSS THE STEERING WHEEL TO START THE MACHINE, THINING SAME WAS OU T OF GEAR. THE FORKLIFT WENT INTO REVERSE, KNOCKING THE BATTERY CHARGER INTO HIM CAUSING HIM TO GO TO THE GROUND WITH THE CHARGE LANDING BETWEEN HIS LEGS CAUSING A BREAK TO THE PELVIS BONE.
EMPL WAS LIFITING LARGE BLDG STONE TO PUT IN BUCKET OF LDR WHEN HE PULLED LEFT SHOULDER MUSCLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A ROCK TAILGATE BY STACKING ROCK ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.