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September 20, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING & WAS STUNG BY A H ORNET

June 16, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DRILLING HOLES IN GRANITE ROCK.

June 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPL WAS WALKING ON CAT WALK ABOVE DIAMOND SAW PREPARING TO CHANGE STOP FOR SAWRING NEXT BLOCK OF GRANITE. HE FELL & WAS PINNED BETWEEN WALL & SAW MECHANISM & 2' HIGH BLOCK OF GRANITE.

May 27, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CUTTING GRASS & SMALL BRUSH WITH HAD HELD SICKLE BAR. AS SICKLE BAR STRUCK THORN BUSH, BRANCH RICK-A-SHAYED UP TOWARD HIS FACE WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES & S CRATCHED PUPIL OF R IGHT EYE.

May 6, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS PREPARING S-MITE TO POUR INTO DRILLED ROCK TO BREAK ROCK. S-MITE DUST GOT UNDER CUFFS OF HIS JACKET & CAUSED SLOW BURNING REACTION. S-MITE REACTS LIKE LIME IN ITS BURNING EFFECT ON FLESH.

April 14, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING PAVEMENT BREAKER TO PLACE ON PIECE OF ROCK TO BE SPLIT. WEIGHT TOO MUCH ON PREVIOUSLY INJURED SHOULDER.

March 3, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING HOLES IN GRANITE WITH WEIGHTED JACK HAMMER. WHEN HE WENT TO READJUST THE WEIGHTS THE PULL AND STRAINED MUSCLES IN SHOULDER.

February 18, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING WIRE INTO JACKHAMMER WITH OPEN POCKET KNIFE AND THE KNIFE CLOSED UP ON THE FINGER

October 5, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS HOOKING3UP CABLE TO PULL OUT BOULDER. WIRE FROM CABLE CAUGHT MAN S LEFT LEG AND PIECE WENT INTO LEFT KNEE.

August 3, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

MAN WAS KNOCKIN1 OFF BIT.HITTING WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.MISSED AND WRENCHED SHOULDER.

July 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WAS CLIMBING LA8DER IN QUARRY-BEE STUNG RIGHT HAND. ALLERGIC REACTION.

May 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PLUGGINH OF0 ROCK. PUT WEDGES IN AND WAS HITTING WEDGE WITH HAMMER. TOP CAME OFF WEDGE AND IT LODGED IN LEFT SHOULDER

May 29, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN CLEARING BE8 TO START DRILLING. HE PICKED UP SMALL ROCK AND IT SLIPPED TO GROUND ON HIS LEFT THUMB

December 10, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WAS PLUGGING ED1E OF ROCK SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING KNEE ON ROCK

September 30, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS WORKING3WITH TRUCK CRANE, HOOKING UP HOOKS ON STONE TO REMOVE FROM AREA. STONE WEIGHED APPROX 2000 LBS. WAS WORKING WITH CO EMPLOYEE. WHILE CRANE WAS LIFTING ROCK, BROKE LOOSE CAUSING BOOM OF CRANE T2 RAISE SUDDENLY CABLE CAME OFF OF SLEEVE ALLOWING BOOM TO FALL. WHEN MAN SAW BOOM WAS GOING TO FALL, HE RAN UNDERNEATH SAME

June 24, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

MAN DRILLING RO7K. WAS STUNG IN STOMACH BY BEE. HAD ALLERGIC REACTION.

May 16, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS PLUGGIN1 OFF ROCK. ROCK HAD BED IN IT & BROKE AT BED INSTEAD OF WHERE BEING PLUGGED. ROCK FELL AGAIAST LEGS.

May 8, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING TO SITE3CARRYING PLUG DRILL.FELT PAIN INBACK AND FELL DOWN.

April 9, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN BENT OVER T2 PICK UP JACKHAMMER & BACK FLEW OUT.

March 17, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILLING GRANIT9 WHEN CHIP FLEW INTO EYE.WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

February 12, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING LINE UP 2N LEDGE TO DRILL WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL OVER LEDGE.

January 21, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RUNNING JACKHAM4ER.STEEL BROKE AND RAN ACROSS FRIGHT FOOT CAUSING BROKEN GREAT TOE.

December 19, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS PLUGGI3G A ROCK CHIP FLEW INTO EYE MAN WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

December 2, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN BENT OVER T2 PICK UP JACKHAMMER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP

September 25, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS DOGGING ROCK WITH JACKHAMMER. JACKHAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT LARGE RIGHT TOE, BREAKING TOE.

August 23, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILLING STONE IN QUARRY CHIP OF GRANITE FLEW UNDER SAFETY GLASSES INTO EYE.

August 14, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN QUARRY AND WAS STUNG BY BEE ON BACK.

March 16, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELP RUN DERRICK.HOOKING UP STONE.HE WAS PUSHING HOOKS DOWN AND REACHED TO GET HOOKS WHEN THEY LEFT LOOSE FROM BUCKET AND HIT HIM IN ABDOMEN AREA.

March 11, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAN WAS MEASURING SLAB, FOOT WAS UNDER ROCKBACK. ROCKBACK WAS ROUGH. WHEN LIFT TRUCK BACKED UP, ROCKBACK CAUGHT MAN\S FOOT AND INJURED SAME.

November 1, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS PLUGGING OFF ROCK AND PULLED HIS BACK

June 7, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MAN SAID IT HAPPENED WHILE LOADING A TRUCK.WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 14, 1984.

June 4, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS BURNING WITH TORCH PIECE OF GRANITE BROKE OFF CHIP AND HIT MAN CHEST GOING UP UNDER HIS HELEMT SHEILD THIS LODGE IN HIS EYE.

May 23, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS PULLING WEDGE OUT OF HOLE IN GRANITE. WEDGE WAS STUCK AND WHEN HE PULLED ON I T. THE WEDGE LEFT LOOSE. MAN CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND ON ANOTHER WEDGE IN THE STONE THAT HAS A SHARP EDGE ON

May 1, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS HOOKING UP GRANITE BLOCK AND HE DROPPED HOOK ON 2ND FINGER RT HAND

March 27, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS USING JACKHAMMER AND STEEL BROKE HITTING MAN ON INSTEP

December 16, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS DRIVING COMPANY PICKUP SOUTH ON TRYTHALL ROAD FROM OFFICE AREA TO QUARRY AREA WHERE HE WAS TO REPORT TO WORK. DUE TO COLDNESS INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD FROZE UP AND MAN COULD NOT SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING MAN COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR - HEAD ON

December 16, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS RIDING WITH PRESIDENT IN PICKUP TRUCK GOING FROM OFFICE AREA TO QUARRY AREA WHERE HE WAS TO REPORT TO WORK. DUE TO COLDNESS INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD FROZE UP AND DRIVER COULD NOT SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING. DRIVER COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR, HEAD ON

August 31, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS HELPING TO ADJUST CHANNEL BAR WITH PIPE WRENCH AND PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON WRENCH STRAINING LEFT SHOULDER

August 10, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING BIT IN PLACE AND BIT JUMPED OUT OF HOLE STRIKING FINGER ON LEFT HAND AS HE WAS USING PLUG DRILL.

August 2, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

MAN WAS PICKING UP LARGE AIR HOSE AIR HOSE DROPPED ON MANS LEFT FOOT

May 10, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

NAILS IN PLYWOOD WALL GAVE WAY AND WALL FELL INTO PIT.EMPL WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPL TO REPLACE WALL.

May 9, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pennsylvania Granite Corp · Struck by falling object

HANDING HOOKS TO ANOTHER MAN ON TOP OF GRANITE BLOCK-EMPL HANDED QUARRY HOOK TO OTHER EMPL FAILED TO REMOVE HAND FROM UNDERNEATH AND IT FELL ON HAND.

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