Mountain Valley Stone Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was splitting flagstone with a chisel and hammer the stone they were working on opened up. When employee took the chisel out of the opening of the split rock, the rock closed on their right index finger. A rupture wound from the pressure exerted on the finger and a small tip fracture was the result of the incident.

The miner was sorting stone to begin splitting the stone. They pushed a stone out of the way to get to the other stone. The stone they pushed, was unstable and came back crushing the miners thumb between two large stones.

An object came in contact with the safety on a pneumatic staple gun. Resulting in EE shooting EE's left index finger with a staple. EE was performing regular duties, making wood boxes/crates for flagstone rocks. EE had the staple gun in one hand, the air hose in the other hand when the safety disengaged and fired a staple into EE's left index finger.

Miner was repositioning a stone at the guillotine, when the stone EE was handling slipped and EE tried to catch it, it pinched EE's finger on right hand between the stone and the guillotine. Fractured EE's fingertip, no open wounds, bruising EE's right middle finger.

Miner was splitting flag stone with Hammer and chisel. EE missed the chisel head and struck EE's ring finger with hammer against the stone.

Worker was operating a guillotine stone splitter. While adjusting a stone with worker's hand to be split, the worker pressed the pedal to lower the guillotine down to split the stone, and the machine came down on worker's hand. This resulted in a severe laceration on the top and bottom of the hand, wrist dislocation, and bone fractures.

Loader operator was adjusting material on a pallet when the operator's hand slipped, and the stone fell, pinching operator's finger tip between the two stones.

EE was splitting a stone with a hammer and chisel. The hammer glanced past the chisel striking his finger cutting it.

Employee was splitting stone with a hammer and chisel, missed the chisel and fractured a finger.

Injury slipped on the snow and fell. As he was falling, he grabbed for a pallet to catch his balance. A stone fell from the pallet and smashed his finger. He was taken to the clinic the next morning. An X ray was positive for a small fracture in his distal phalax of the first digit of the left hand.

A chisel that was being used to break a stone, shot up after being hit and struck EE in the back of the head. EE had to recieve 3 staples.

EE was bolting on a piece to his bucket. His fingers were cut by a piece of metal by the nut.

Employee removed his glove to clean out rock debris from between two rollers on a guillotine. His coworker pushed a rock through the machine, he didn't realize and his finger was smashed.

EE was trying to lift a large stone and strained his back.

EE looked away from a slab to get a tool or something, in that moment, the slab fell on its side.

Repetative lifting and motions caused employee to strain his lower back.

Employee was hammering with a chisel the chisel slipped off the rock and struck his hand.

The employee was lifting large rocks and strained his back.

His upper back became very sore from lifting heavy rocks.

EE was carrying a rock with a partner. His partner twisted the rock unexpectedly wich twisted his wrist injuring it.

EE was hammering a rock with a chisel, when a small piece of rock, or metal flew up and got stuck in his eye.

While removing an idler pulley from a trackhoe, finger was smashed.

He was splitting a stone with a hammer and chisel, the stone came apart just as he was about to strike it. He smashed his finger between the stone and the hammer.

While splitting stone by hand, finger was smashed.

Miner was palletizing rock when other miner set rock on his hand.

Miner strained his back while chipping stone.

Miner strained muscle in lower back while picking up a rock.

Miner hit his left ring finger with a hammer and broke the bone.

A rock fell over onto EE's foot and bruised the top of foot.

Employee hit his thumb with a hammer and cracked the tip of the bone.

While splitting rock a rock fell onto foot and broke the metatarsal bone.

EE WAS SPLITTING STONE WITH HAMMER & CHISLE WHENSLAB SPLIT OFF EE REACHED OUT TO GRAB IT THE WEIGHT OF THE SLAB WAS MORE THAN HE ESTIMATED, SLABSMASHED HAND & WRIST TO GROUND