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WHILE GROUTING USING SNARE CHAIN ON DERRICK--OPERATOR MISSED GROUT BOX WITH WASTE BLOCK--WHEN THE STONE BUMPED THE GROUT BOX IT TURNED, PINCHING HIS LEG AGAINST QUARRY WALL. NATURE AND EXTENT OF INJURY--TORN LIGAMENT.
GROUTING- USE OF SNARE CHAIN W/DERRICK- TRIED TO SLIDE LOOSE PIECE OF ROCK DOWN PILE TO WRAP CHAIN AROUND IT. IT SLIDE FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED AND LANDED ON FOOT ABOVE RT FIRST TOE. CAUSED CON TUSION AND FRACTURE.
68935 LOADING GRANITE SLAB ON TRUCK WITH MOBIL CRANE SLAB BUMPED SIDE RAIL ON TRUCK CAUSING HOOK TO COME OUT OF HOLE AND THE SLAB FELL ON RIGHT FOOT.
WORKERS HAD JUST MADE A LIFT (BLAST). AFTER SANDING WORK AREA, HE WAS DISCUSSING WITH FELLOW WORKERS WHERE TO ATTACH SAFETY HARNESSES AND INSTALL FENCING TO MAKE AREA SAFE. HE VOLUNTEERED TO G ET HARNESSES. AS HE TURNED, HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HIS ATTEMPT TO REGAIN BALANCE TOOK HIM OVER THE EDGEE. HE FELL APPROX. 8' HITTING LEFT FOOT ON SMALL BOULDER DISLOCATING A BONE IN FOOT.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES STONE FELL ON DUMP TRUCK BOX ALLOWING IT TO RISE AND HIT BOTTOM OF LEFT UPPER ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING TO FAST WITH LOADER, HIT A BUMP WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE THROWN SIDEWAYS TO PREVENT HEAD INJURY HE BRACERD HIMSELF AGAINST WINDOW WITH HIS ARM KNOCKING OUT THE WINDOW AND CA USING INJURY.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS POUNDING BRACE PIN INTO A HOLE HE HAD DRILLED IN BLOCK TO SUPPORT END SLAB WHILE BEING SAWED. HE MISSED THE PIN AND FRACTURED LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD, FELL FORWARD AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT HAND. SORENESS PERSISTED UNTIL PRESENT IN RIGHT WRIST. BEING THIS LONG, THOUGHT IS SHOULD BE CHECKED. 1ST WENT TO DOCTOR ON 3/10/89.
FIRE FROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSED DESTROYED BUILDING AND WIRE SAW.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON A STONE WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY TRIED TO DISLODGE WITH A BAR. STONE SUDDENLY DISLODGED ITSELF AND ROLLED AWAY. EMPLOYEE FELL OFF AND STRUCK STONE NEXTY TO THE ONE HE H AD BEEN STANDIN1 ON, HITTING HIS CHEST AND BREAKING FIVE RIBS ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPL LIFTING ST2NE TO PUT INTO GROUT BOX.PIECE OF STONE BROKE AND FELL ON FOOT ABOVE STEEL PORTION OF SHOE.X-RAYS REVEALED NO FX BUT DID HAVE BAD BRUISE REQ HIM TO MISS 3 WORK DAYS.
HE WAS BARRING 5 STONE WITH ANOTHER ON TOP IN ORDER TO TIP BOTH STONES. WHEN THE STONES TOPPLED THE TOP STONE SPUN OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT LEG, CAUSING A LACERATION APPROX, 6 INCHES AB OVE THE ANKEL. 3
WHILE TRYING TO DISLODGE A LARGE PIECE OF GRANITE FROM LOOSE QUARRY WALL, EE STEPPED ON THE LOOSE EDGE WHILE PRYING THE LARGE BLOCK. WHEN USING A CROW BAR TO PRY WITH THE PIECE HE WAS STANDI NG ON FELL WITH HIM ON IT, SUBSEQUENTLY PINNING HIM BETWEEN 2 LARGE STONE & THE QUARRY WALL. PHYSICAL DAMAGE IS NOT COMPLETELY KNOWN. INJURY INCLUDED ARM SHOULDER PELVIS BROKEN THUMB LACERATI