Employee was moving a piece of flagstone and while moving the stone, he felt a pain on his right abdomen area which occurred on 10/26/2015. The pain did not go away after a feel days, employee sought treatment on 11/06/2015, where he was given work restrictions.
BUECHEL STONE CORP - FDLMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 123
- Years on record
- 2000–2015
- Latest incident
- Oct 2015
Reportable incidents
123 on file2015 · 1 incident
2014 · 1 incident
The employee was walking down stairs and got her heel stuck in her pant leg causing her to fall down four steps.
2010 · 3 incidents
Employee was walking along berm on way to lunch break. A stone on the berm slipped, causing the employee to fall. Employee sprained his right ankle. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was using hammer and tracer to open stone. The hammer hit the left edge of the tracer. The hammer slipped off the tracer causing the employee's left hand hit another stone. Restricted duty assigned. **Employee did not seek treatment until 5/26/10**
Employee was lifting stone with another employee. The stone started slipping; the employee bent straight down with his back and felt pain in his abdomen. Restricted duty assigned. **Employee did not seek treatment until 5/19/2010**
2008 · 14 incidents
Employee was taking finished stone off conveyor belt. Another stone came down belt and fell on his right hand causing a contusion. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was operating splitter; another employee who was loading the line moved the row of stones forward with the forks of his forklift causing the first stone on the line to move forward, pinning the employee between the machine and stone. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was loading splitter with small stones off pallet that was placed on the loading table. As he took a stone off the pallet, another stone shifted and fell on his right elbow. Right elbow fracture; Restricted duty assigned.
As the employee was pushing a stone on the conveyor belt, he rubbed his arm across a small stone that was on the belt; Employee received stitches and was assigned restricted duty.
Employee hit left thumb with Tifler while chipping a piece of stone; then another employee was placing a stone on the table and the stone hit the employee's left thumb. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee walked behind forklift that was stopped. The forklift driver backed up, not seeing the employee. The employee did not get out of the path of the forklift and the forklift ran over the employee's left foot. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was lifting a long piece of stone when he felt pain in his left shoulder; Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was adjusting stone on conveyor belt; he pulled the stone back with his right hand and smashed his thumb between the stone he was adjusting and another stone. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was handling a piece of sandstone. The sandstone slipped out of his hands, causing a laceration on his left pinky. Stitches and restricted duty assigned.
Employee was walking from the break room to his car; he slipped on ice and twisted his lower back. **Employee did not report the injury and seek medical attention until 3/21/08. Employee was released to full duty the next working day; the return to work slip did not indicate employee was given a prescription.
Forklift driver was placing a large stone on conveyor. The large stone became caught on a small stone on the conveyor belt and would not move. Employee reached between large stone and conveyor belt to remove the small stone. The large stone broke and fell on employees left hand; Lacerated finger requiring stitches; Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was walking in the quarry and slipped on the ice and fell on his left side. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was lifting a piece of stone. The stone slipped out of his hand and hit the employee on the left wrist; Diagnosis: Fracture; Restricted duty assigned. **Injury report was filed on 2/28/08, I forgot to hit the submit button, so it did not sumbit.
Stone fell off conveyor belt and hit employee's right shin. Diagnosis: Contusion/abrasion. Prescribed medication. **Employee did not seek treatment until 2/27/08.
2007 · 11 incidents
Employee was driving loader and felt pain in his lower abdomen. Diagnosis: Abdominal wall strain; Restricted duty and prescribed medications assigned.
Employee was moving a stone to pick up a piece of board. He felt pain in his lower back. Diagnosis: Back strain - restricted duty assigned.
Employee was unloading a pallet of stone onto the conveyor belt. The pallet collapsed and hit the employee's leg. Diagnosis: Contusion/Abrasion of left leg. Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was climbing out of semi truck. His left foot was on the ground. When he lifted his right foot off the step he felt a twinge in his right knee. Diagnosis: Knee strain; Restricted duty assigned.
Employee was lifting a stone and felt a pain in his abdomen. Restricted duty. *Employee did not report the injury until 7/18/07. He did not seek medical treatment until 7/19/07.
EE was pushing stone into cutter when he felt pain in his back. He did not report the injury until 3/27/07. He did not seek medical treatment until 3/28/07. Light duty assigned. Trapezius Strain.
Employee was pushing stone into splitter, felt pain in his left shoulder. Diagnosis: Left Shoulder Strain - Restricted Duty
Employee bent down and placed one hand on the ground and picked up stone with the other hand. Another stone fell off a table and hit his hand that was placed on the ground, fracturing finger - light duty.
Another EE pushed this EE. Injured EE fell and hit a fire extinguisher causing a laceration needing stitches.
Employee was lifting stone off conveyor belt. He had his hands on the front of the stone instead of the sides. Another stone came down the belt and hit the ee's hand finger laceration-light duty.
Employee was driving a loader and hit a big root causing his neck to twist to one side. He did not report accident or seek treatment until 1/8/07 cervical strain-light duty.
2006 · 12 incidents
Employee was lifting stone from conveyor belt, felt a popping sensation in his back. He did not report injury until 8:30 pm. He did not seek medical attention until 12/15/06. Light duty.
Employee was lifting a stone off the conveyor belt and felt a pain in the middle of his back. Thoratic Strain - Restricted Duty
Employee was picking a stone off the floor. A stone fell off the table next to him and hit the employee's hand. Right index finger laceration. Light Duty given.
Employee picked up a rock to put in a crate. He twisted at the waist to place the rock in the crate, felt pain in his back. Low back pain - restricted duty.
Employee told supervisor his shoulder was not healed from a non-work related injury he had the week before. Employee went to Dr. and said he hurt his back at work moving a stone.
Employee was leaving for lunch. She tripped on some small stones on the outside staircase. Sprained hand. Prescribed medicine.
Employee was removing a stone from conveyor belt when another stone struck his hand. Contusion to his left middle finger, restricted duty. * EE did not seek medical treatment until 7/6/06.
Employee lifted 50 lb stone from pallet to put on conveyor belt. He twisted the wrong way causing a pain in his lower back. Restricted duty assigned.
EE was cutting stone, arm started hurting. Left arm swollen, left wrist pain--restricted duty.
Employee was pushing stone on conveyor belt and cut his left palm on a sharp edge of the stone requiring stitches.
As EE removed a stone from the conveyor belt, another stone rolled over and pinched his finger between the two stones. Laceration on right 5th finger requiring stitches and prescribed medication. Restricted duty.
EE LIFTED STONE AND WAS PLACING IT ON PALLET. WHEN HE TWISTED, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK (BACK STRAIN).
2005 · 20 incidents
Employee doesn't know what happened. He had no pain during work or when he left work. He started feeling pain about 7 pm at home.
Employee was lifting stone onto conveyor belt and felt pain in his back. the employee never reported the injury until 12/22/05. he told his supervisor he was going home because he had the flu.
Two loaders were unloading hay bales from truck. His forks were on top of the other loader's forks. When the forks underneath were lifted, it caused the other loader to lift and then fall to the ground. Employee's abdominal wall was strained. Prescribed medication. EE did not report until 12/13/05.
EMPLOYEE HAMMERING & CHISELING STONE WHEN FELT PAIN IN HIS ELBOWS. TENDONITIS OF ELBOWS - RESTRICTED DUTY.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE OFFICE HORSEPLAYING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE OTHER EE KICKED HIM IN THE KNEE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11/15/05. DIAGNOSIS: KNEE CONTUSION, MEDICINE PRESCRIBED.
STONE FELL OFF CONVEYOR BELT & HIT EMPLOYEES' RT. FOOT, FRACTURE. *EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL 10/12/05.
Employee was lifting stone with a shovel and felt pain in his back - lumbar strain - restricted duty. Employee did not seek treatment until 10/5.
EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP STONE & FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK, LOW BACK PAIN. *EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 9/23/05.
EE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM TEETH OF SPLITTER. STONE REMOVAL RAIL WENT UP & ON THE WAY DOWN CAUGHT EE'S FINGER.
Employee was pushing a stone off the pallet. The stone tilted back. He tried to hold the stone. Strained right shoulder.
Employee was lifting a fireplace into a truck and felt pain in his shoulder. Rotator cuff strain.
Employee was using hammer & chisel on a stone. He missed the chisel & hit his finger with the hammer - fractured finger. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 8/25/05.
EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING A STONE. IT BROKE AND A SMALL PIECE OF STONE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE ANKLE. SMALL CUT ON LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING STONE FROM ONE PALLET TO ANOTHER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. RIGHT LUMBAR STRAIN.
Employee was moving a stone on the conveyor belt. Another stone fell on his hand causing a contusion.
EE WAS TAKING STONES OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING THEM ON PALLETS - FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. SUPERVISOR WAS GOING TO TAKE EE TO THE DOCTOR BUT EE LEFT BY HIMSELF.
Employee was chipping stone with hammer & chisel. Stone chip flew under employee's safety glasses into his eye.
EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO UNBLOCK ROCKS ON CONVEYOR BELT. WHEN HE LIFTED UP ON THE PRY BAR HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK. DIAGNOSIS: BACK PAIN.
Employee was pushing stone on conveyor belt when he felt a sharp pain in his back (lower back strain).
2004 · 14 incidents
Employee was catching stone from conveyor belt. Pain in left wrist. Diagnosis: cyst( reoccurring from injury in July).
EE WAS LIFTING STONES FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING ON PALLETS, PAIN IN LOWER BACK. DIAGNOSIS LOWER BACK PAIN, MILD SCIATICA. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 12/11/04. E3E INFORMED US ON 12/13/04 THAT EE SOUGHT TREATMENT
Employee stepped down from a forklift. he stepped on a small stone and twisted his ankle. sprained ankle and foot contusion employee did not seek treatment with 11/10/04
Employee was loading stone on conveyer belt. A stone fell and hit him in his right knee. Right knee pain. He did not go to Dr until 11-1-04.
Ee lifted small hydrasplit & was putting on pallet when he felt lower back pain.
EE WAS CUTTING A STONE ON END TRIMMER. THE STONE TWISTED, CATCHING EE'S FINGER BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE SIDE OF THE END TRIMMER. AMPUTATED RIGHT INDEX FINGER (TIP OF FINGER ONLY - NO BONE INVOLVEMENT).
EE WAS CARRYING STONES AND STACKING ON PALLETS. PAIN IN NECK - CERVICAL STRAIN. DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOYER OF INJURY UNTIL 7/12/04. EE TREATED AT EMERGENCY ROOM ON 7/8/04. NOT DETERMINED WORK-RELATED. ON 7/13/04 EE SAW FAMILY DOCTOR - WAS DETERMINED WORK-RELATED AT THAT TIME.
The ee was moving lg stones from a pallet on to the conveyor. EE felt pain in his l wrist when pushing a rock. Diagnosis: L wrist strain.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER & CHISEL ON A STONE THAT WAS BEING HELD UP BY FORKS OF A SKID STEER. THE STONE CRACKED HORIZONTALLY & FELL ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. EMPLOYEE HAS BROKEN BONES IN HIS LEFT FOOT.
EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO CHIP A STONE. RIGHT ARM BECAME SORE FROM THE REPETITIVE MOTION. DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT ARM TENDONITIS. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 6/8/04.
EE WAS LIFTING STONES OFF CONVEYOR BELT & STACKING THEM ON PALLETS. BACK STRAIN
EE WAS CARRYING STONE FROM CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING ON PALLETS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS SIDE. DIAGNOSED WITH ABDOMINAL STRAIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING STONES OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING ON PALLETS. HE REACHED TO PUT A STONE BACK ON THE BELT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING STONE OFF CONVEYER BELT AND STACKING STONE ON PALLET. EE TWISTED WRONG IN THE CARRYING THE STONE. DISC INJURY.
2003 · 14 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING STONE OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING ON PALLET. EMPLOYEE TWISTED AND STRAINED HIS GROIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING STONES OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING THEM ON PALLETS. WHEN HE WAS CARRYING A STONE, HE STRAINED HIS HAMSTRING. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR UNTIL 1/13/04. DOCTOR VERIFIED INJURY AS WORK-RELATED ON 1/16/04.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING A STONE WITH END TRIMMER. A STONE CHIP FLEW OUT AND CUT THE EMPLOYEES UPPER & LOWER LIPS REQUIRING STITCHES.
EE WAS TAKING STONES OFF A CONVEYOR BELT AND STACKING THEM ON A PALLET. A STONE FELL OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT AND HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT HEAD-BRUSING HIS RIGHT HEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO OPEN A STONE. HE TRIED TO MOVE THE STONE, AND IT BROKE. HIS ARM SLIPPED, AND HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON THE STONE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HYDRASPLITTER, HAD BACK PAIN. DOCTOR SAID IT WAS RECURRING FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFIE EMPLOYER THAT IT WAS A WORK INJURY UNTIL 8/12/03.
EE WAS PICKING UP STONES AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS. BACK STARTED HURTING. BACK STRAIN.
EE WAS CARRYING A STONE FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT TO PUT ON A PALLET. A STONE ON THE PALLET WAS STICKING OUT AND CUT THE EE'S RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A STONE ON THE TURN TABLE. HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND ROLLERS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A 5 POUND STONE ON A PALLET SAID HE TWISTED WRONG AND HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO CHISEL TO OPEN A STONE WHEN A LARGE ROCK FLEW OUT FROM UNDER A NEARBY LOADER TIRE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE LOWER LEFT LEG. EMPLOYEE BROKE BOTH BONES IN LOW ER LEFT LEG.
EE WAS TRIMMING STONE WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL. ARM BECAME SORE. TENDONITIS OF THE RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ROCKS OFF THE GROUND AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS WHEN HE STARTED HAVING BACK PAIN.
EE WAS PICKING UP STONES OFF FLOOR AND PLACING THEM ON PALLETS WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. LUMBAR STRAIN.
2002 · 10 incidents
EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A CONVEYOR BELT CHISELING OPEN A STONE. A STONE ON THE CONVEYOR BELT BROKE AND A PIECE OF BROKEN STONE FELL ON HIS LEFT HEEL, LACERATING IT.
THE EE WAS CHISELING STONE, WHEN THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE CHISEL AND STRUCK HIS FINGER. THE EE DID NOT SEEK TREATMENT AT THAT TIME. ON 10/21/02 WE RECEIVED A BILL FROM REGIONAL CLINIC. THE CORRESPONDENCE INDICATED THAT THE EE HAD BROKEN THE 4TH FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EE WAS INSTALLING VENTING FOR A FIREPLACE. HIS LT. FOREMARM HIT AGAINST A SHARP EDGE OF THE PIPE, LACERATING HIS ARM. HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.
PULLING A ROCK OFF OF A BELT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED.
PALLETIZING ROCK AND CAUGHT FINGER ETWEEN 2 ROCKS.
2001 · 14 incidents
CAUGHT INDEX & MIDDLE FINGERS BETWEEN HYDRASPLITAND STONE.
CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN 2 STONES BROKEN FINGERTIP.
WHILE LIFTING A ROCK HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHEST. MUSCLE STRAIN LEFT CHEST.
WHILE LIFTING STONE SAID HIS RIGHT ARM HURT, DID NOT REPORT AN INJURY UNTIL 8-10-01.
STONE BEMG TAKEN OFF OF CONVEYOR ANOTHER ONE FELL ON FINGER.
LIFTING STONE FROM SPLITTER BELT TO PALLET APPROX. 30 PIECES.
EE HAS A HISTORY OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS. HE WAS EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS OF THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, AND A SLIGHT LOSS OF STRENGTH. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WAS CALLED.
2000 · 9 incidents
REPAIRING EQUIPMENT AND PUSHING STONE INTO SPLITTER.
THIN SHELL LAYER FLEW OFF A STONE BEING CUT AND HIT HIM IN THE THROAT.
PICKED UP TOO LARGE OF A ROCK, PAIN DOWN BACK AND RIGHT LEG.