Bluffton Stone Company LLC.Metal/Nonmetal

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC FLIP FORKS OVER ON BOBCAT SKIDSTEER AND THOUGHT EE PULLED A MUSCLE. NOW WENT TO DOCTOR BECAUSE IT WAS NOT GETTING BETTER AND WAS TOLD EE HAS A HERNIA.

Employee was loading a skid steer tire in back of pickup and felt a sharp pain in groin area. Employee did not seek medical attention right away. Employee now had surgery on 10/17/2019 for a hernia.

Writing weights on pallets of flagstone and bent over to pick up a marker and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

Employee was running over to shut off belt that was slipping due to rain. Employee tripped on rock and twisted ankle. X-rays showed a small chip broken in right ankle.

Employee was picking up a piece of flagstone to put on a pallet and felt a pop in his lower back.

EE was stacking flagstone off the conveyor belt when he picked up a piece of stone it split in half, when EE reched to grab it he caught his finger between the stone and belt head on side of conveyor belt. When he took his glove off he had cuts on the top and bottom of his right index finger.

The employee was stacking flagstone on a pallet when a piece of stone slid off an adjacent pallet and struck him in the back of the right knee causing him to twist and strain his knee. The injury caused swelling and pain.

DRIVING TRUCK TO MOVE BOULDERS ALL DAY WITH WINDOWS DOWN, HE STARTED FEELING SICK IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE TRUCK. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY DID NOT DO A BLOOD TEST TO SEE IF HE DID HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THEY DID A CAT SCAN TO RULE OUT TUMOR.

EE WAS STACKING FLAGSTONE & ANOTHER EE WAS UNPLUGGING HOPPER WITH THE LOADER WITH FORKS & A 6"" PIECE OF FLAGSTONE FLEW OUT & HIT INJ EE IN THE RIGHT CENTER OF HIS BACK.

EE WAS WRITING PRODUCT NAME AND WEIGHT ON PALLETS AND A COWORKER IN THE FRONT-END LOADER WAS PICKING UP PALLETS AND MOVING THEM FOR AN ORDER. THE COWORKER CAME IN TO PICK UP A PALLET AND THE FORKS WERE A LITTLE OFF TRACK AND PUSHED THE PALLET AND ROCK INTO EE, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM AND BACK.

WAS UNPLUGGING A CHUTE WITH A SPUD BAR AND IT CAME BACK AND PINCHED MY LEFT HAND AGAINST AN I-BEAM.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYER.RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN END WRENCH BROKE FINGER JUST ABOVE THE KNUCKLE.

GRINDING SLAG & BOUNCED OFF WALL TOWARDS EE.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO FIX THE TARP. HE GRABBED THE WRONG SECTION OF THE LADDER. HE GRABBED THE TOP SECTION OF LADDER WITHOUT THE RUBBER FEET. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER IT SLID O UT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL (STILL ON THE LADDER) TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE HIT HIS ELBOW, BRUISING IT.

SLIPPED COMING OUT OF CHUTE ON BELT AND CUT HIS SHIN OPEN A LITTLE ON ANGLE IRON.

MINER TRAVELING DOWN A RAMP IN A F.E.L., HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A BERM, SLID 18'DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ROLLED ONTO THE TOP. THE MINER'S LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT, TWISTING TH E LEG AND DISLOCATING THE HIP. CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND DRY.

HE PLACED HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY BETWEEN A MOVING LOADER AND STATIONARY FLAGSTONE CONVEYOR; LOADEROPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE AND HIT EXCELERATOR. THE LOADER LEAPT FORWARD, PINNING VICTIM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND LOADER.

CARRYING IDLERS DOWN STEPS, LOST BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS.