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PULLING ROCK FROM THE BOBCAT AND OTHER EE PICKED UP OTHER END OF ROCK. EE RIGHT THUMB WAS BETWEEN ROCK AND BOBCAT
INJURED PARTY WAS TALKING TO BOBCAT OPERATOR & THE OPERATOR MOVED THE MACHINE BEFORE THE PERSON WAS CLEAR. THE RT. FORK OF THE MACHINE HIT HIS RT. LEG. OPERATOR ERROR.
PUSHING LIMESTONE THROUGH BANDSAW, PULLED A MUSCLE IN STOMACH.
EE WAS MOVING A ROCK OVER ON ROLLERS NO LIFTING AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. HE TOLD CO WORKERS IT WAS AN OLD INJURY AND HE KNEW WHAT TO DO . HAD WIFE PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO ER. HE FILED ON HIS OWN INSURANCE. E.R. REPORT STATED HE MOVED WRONG AND HAD LOWER BACK PAIN.
ONE PERSON HOLDING STEEL WITH OTHER MAN USING HAMMER TO HIT STEEL TO SPLIT ROCK. INJURED USING HAMMER HIT STEEL, STEEL BROKE FORM MALL GOING INTO INJURED'S LEG(RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE) CAUSE OF A CCIDENT STEEL TOOL BROKE.(CHIP BROKE OFF HAMMER)
SAW OPERATOR WAS TURNING SAW BED. UNKNOWN REASONBED TURNED SLIGHTLY THEN JAMMED CAUSING HAND AND WRIST TO BE TURNED OVER. ORIGINAL INJURY DIAGNOSED AS A DISLOCATED THUMB. X-RAY SHOWED A BROKEN WRIST.
EE WAS LIFTING LIMESTONE KEYS FROM A PALLET ONTOA WORK BENCH. HE WAS LIFTING 3 KEYS (16 LB EACH)AT A TIME. HE SAT THE KEYS ON THE WORK BENCH. BEING OVERCENTERED, TWO OF THE KEYS FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT PALM CAUSING A BRUISE.