It was raining and EE was stacking stone on a pallet. He slipped and a rock fell on him, scratching his leg. It became infected and caused an abscess on his left thigh
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Showing all 23SPLITTER HAD A ROCK ON EDGE TRYING TO SPLIT THE SEAMS WITH A HAMMER & CHISEL. THE ROCK MOVED CAUSING SPLITTER TO STRIKE THUMB.
EE WAS PLACING ROCKS ON EDGE IN A WOODEN CRATE WHE HE TURNED HIS BACK ON CRATE TO GET ANOTHER ROCK, A ROCK TIPPED OUT OF THE CRATE & STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE HEEL ON LEFT FOOT
WAS PLACING STONE IN CRATE AND TWISTED WITHOUT MOVING FEET.
A ROCK SPLITTER MOVED A LARGE ROCK BY HIMSELF, RESULTING IN A STRAINED MUSCLE IN HIS ABDOMEN.
LIFTING AND TWISTING WITH LARGE ROCK TO PLACE IT IN PALLET RESULTING IN BACK PAIN.
MINER WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM A PALLET, WHEN HE TURNED AROUND THE TOP ROCK THAT WAS LEFT ON THE PALLET SLID OFF ONTO HIS RT. HEEL LACERATING IT.
STOOD LARGE ROCK ON EDGE, TURNED AND REACHED FOR HAMMER AND CHISEL. ROCK FELL ON LEG SPRAINING RT. MCL.
SLIDING ONE ROCK OFF OF ANOTHER ROCK, WORKER GOT HIS FINGER TIP PINCHED BETWEEN THE 2 ROCKS.
WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE A ROCK ON ITS EDGE THE ROCK FELL OVER LANDING ON EMPLOYEE'S R. FOOT ANDFRACTURED HIS R. 4TH METATARSAL.
OPERATOR WHEN DISMOUNTING LOADER HIS HAND MISSED THE HANDRAIL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE LOWER STEP RESULTING IN A BROKEN FOOT.
EMPLOYEE HAD RECENTLY HA DBECK SURGERY AND HAD BEEN RELEASED FOR LIGHT DUTY. HE WAS ASSISTING IN LOADING A FORKLIFT ON A TRAILER TO BE TAKEN TO SHOP FOR REPAIRS. IN THE PROCESS HE PULLED TOO H ARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
REPETITIVE TWISTING AT WAIST WITH WEIGHT IN HANDCAUSED PAIN IN OR AROUND RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE.
DURING LOADING OF OVERBURDEN INTO DUMP TRUCK WITH AN EXCAVATOR THE EXCAVATOR OPERATOR DROPPED A 3 BY 3 ROCK INTO THE BED OF THE DUMP TRUCK. THE BED OF TRUCK WAS BEDDED WITH OTHER WASTE AND THE ROCK FELL ONLY 1' CAUSING NECK AND BACK PAIN.
SPLITTERS WORK ON UNEVEN SURFACES. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO PICK UP ANOTHER ROCK TO PLACE IN A BOX, WHEN A ROCK ROLLED UNDER HIS FOOT, CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS. HIS HEAD HIT A ROCK, R ESULTING IN A SMALL LACERATION.
A ROCK SPLITTER PULLING A ROCK FROM A PILE CAUSED ANOTHER ROCK TO SLIDE DOWN PILE AND PINCH HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETEWEEN THE 2 ROCKS CAUSING A CONTUSION AND LACERATION TO FINGER TIP.
HYDRAULIC HOSE WAS WEEPING FLUID & THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE FLUID BACK INTO THE FACE OF THE OPERATOR WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO EXTRACT DRILL STEEL FROM HOLE. I PLACED 2 TAGS OVER AREA SO HE COULD CONTINUE WHEN HOSE RUPTURED, INJECTING RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID.
HAD WRITTEN EMPLOYEE UP FOR UNSAFE WORK PRACTICES, AN ARGUMENT THEN INSUED AFTER WHICH EE ASSULTED SAFETY OFFICER. RESULTING IN LACERATION TO HEAD REQUIRING 4 STITCHES SOME BRUISES AND ABRASIO N.
HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD TO THE LOWER FACE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
PICKING UP A PIECE OF STONE, HE TWISTED & STRAINED HIS BACK PLACING IT.
HE WAS CARRYING A ROCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS INJURED WHEN HE FELL.
LOADING HOLES WITH EXPLOSIVES. EE HANDLED THE EXPLOSIVE FOR APP 8 HOURS. HE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES. HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HEADACHES AND LATER AROUND 6:00 PM HE STARTED TO HAVE HEART PROBLEMS. HE PASSED OUT AT HIME AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO BOISE FOR TREATMENT.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PLATE OF LEDGE ROCK BY HAND AND SMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO ROCKS. THE DOCTOR RELEASED HIM THE SAME DAY.