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February 17, 1999 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Balfour Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLER WAS CHANGING THE HAMMER ON HIS DRILL RIGH AND SOMEHOW HE SLID HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND UNDER THE CHAIN (WHICH SLIDES THE HAMMER UP AND DOWN) AND IT PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEE N THE CHAIN AND THE STEEL, WHICH CAUSED IT TO CUT HIS FINGER IN A COUPLE PLACES. AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT KNOW HOW SEVERE IT IS. HE HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.

October 30, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balfour Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE TRIPPED OVER HIS WON FEET AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS NOSE ON A PIECE OF STEEL THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A DRILLING RIG.

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