STANDING GOT DIZZY, FELL DOES NOT REMEMBER HITTING HEAD
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Showing all 22EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK LIFTING GEARS ON DERRICK #2
I.NAME WAS TAKING AIRLINE OFF OF BURNER STAFF WITHOUT MAKING SURE ALL PRESSURE WAS RELEASED. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN AIR LINE STRUCK I.NAME ACROSS RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ON SCAFFOLD THAT WAS ON LOADER BUCKET THE BUCKET BLEW, SCAFFOLD SLIPPED, MASHED LEFT THUMB.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BURNER AND DID NOT HAVE EAR PLUGS IN AT ALL TIMES.
EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLE IN ROCK. LOOKED AWAY FROM DRILL BIT. A PIECE OF ROCK WENT INTO EYE.
STRAINED BACK WHILE PULLING ROCK DRILL.
STRAINED BACK WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES.
EE BUMPED KNEE ON EDGE OF ROCK WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL QUARRY DUTIES.
CLIMBING ON SLIDING LADDER AND NOT LATCHED. RIGHT FOOT MASHED BETWEEN STEPS OF LADDER.
WORKER WAS CLIPPING OF WELD WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS ARM AND BECAME IMBEDED IN HIS RIGHT FORARM.
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING TWO FT. PIECE OF GRANITE OFF OF A BLOCK WHILE I.NAME HAD FOOT UNDERNEATH. THE SECTION BEING CUT FELL ON HIS FOOT.
EMPL STRUCK BY PIECE OF ROCK WHILE MOVING GROUT.ROCK WEIGHED 10 LB AND STRUCK ON LEFT LEG CUTTING IT.10 STITCHES REQ TO CLOSE WOUND.
BURNING BLOCK-LEDGE BLOCK-STANDING IN UNLEVEL PIECE OF SHEER ROCK RUNNING BURNER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND KNEE POPPED.HAD PIN IN THIS KNEE FROM OLD ACCIDENT.OCCURRED ON ANOTHER JOB.BOLTER DRILL HE STRAINED LIGAMENTS IN HIS KNEE.
THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER BACKED UP TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE DUMP. THE GROUND ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FELL IN CAUSING THE DUMP TRUCK TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS BRUISED UP BUT, AFTER GOING TO THE DOCTOR WAS GIVEN SOME PULLS, FOR THE DISCOMFORT. HE HAD NOTHING WRONG EXCEPT THE BRUISES AND HAD NO LOST TIME FROM THE ACCIDENT.
WAS WORKING WITH CHAIN WHEN IT JERKED AND PULLED HIS SPINE AND CHEST WALL.
CLEANING LEDGE OFF WITH A BLOW PIPE DUST BLEW UP IN FACE
BLOCK WAS BEING LIFTED FROM QUARRY WHEN LIFT DOG ON BLOCK PULLED LOOSE PROJECTING PIECE OF STONEBLOCK WAS BEING LIFT ED FROM QUARRY WHEN LIFT DOG ON BLOCK PULLED LOOSE PROJECTING PIECE OF ST ONE APPROX.1LB 30FT STRICKING EMPLOYEE ON HARD HEAD
EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING SMALL PIECE OF STONE BY HAND IN AN OPEN AREA WHEN HE WAS CUT ON THE FINGER BY A SHARP PIECE OF STONE.
HITTING WEDGES 4ITH HAMMER TO BREAK STONE WHEN WEDGE BROKE STRIKING EMPL ON LOWER LEG.WEDGE WAS 12''LONG X 1''DIA.
BRAKE ADJUSTMEN7 BOLT BROKE CAUSING BOOM TO FALL.VICTIM WAS EITHER PUSHED OR FELL INTO QUARRY PIT.
EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING UP A LOOSE ROCK BY HAND WHEN DAMAGE WAS DONE TO BACK