He was on top of the hyster loader cleaning it out and he slipped and fell landing on his feet. This resulted in a possible fracture in his right heel.
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Showing all 6He was hammering a rock and his left thumb got caught between the hammer handle and the rock. This resulted in a contusion of his left thumb.
He was hammering a rock and the head of the hammer fell off which caused his hand to hit against the rock. This resulted in a cut on this right index finger.
He was walking to lunch break & had his lunch in one hand and water in the other and tripped and fell & cut arm on a sharp object. Had to have 8 stitches and returned to work the same day.
WAS UNLOADING STONE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 STONES SMASHED END REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.
DURING BREAK TIME HE WAS UP ON TOP OF A STONE. WALKED TO ONE END AND STONE TIPPED OVER, WITH HIM FALLING TO GROUND.