Cold Spring Granite CompanyMining Incidents in 2008

Employee was loading slabs on L frame when his glove slipped and the tip of his finger slid between slabs. Employee is on restricted light duty, no lost time.

Employee lifted buster onto wedge and his back went out.

Employee stepped out of grout truck, went down ladder and when he stepped off onto ground he twisted his right ankle.

Employee was stepping up on the ladder of loader, pulled his lower back and hip out. Has pain in lower back and hip socket on right hip.

Employee was wedging stone in quarry; felt stiffness in back after standing, working, bending & lifting. Employee has lower back pain. Went to doctor; did not report to work on 11-17-08.

Employee was setting up grove drill on a slab. He swiveled the drill head a little and the drill head fell off the boom. The employee jumped off the slab to get out of the way so the drill head wouldn't fall on him, and he fell on his left arm, fracturing his forearm.

Employee was unhooking a cable from a bundle of slabs when the 5/8"" cable grabbed his glove and twisted his shoulder / back causing a mid-back muscle sprain.

Employee was pressure washing two engines, something flew up into his right eye and he could not remove it by flushing it. He saw a nurse/doctor and had it flushed, was given a prescription and he returned to work. No lost time.

Employee was twisting a union onto a pipe, he heard/felt a pop in his left hand/wrist area. Hand began to swell up. He sought medical attention. He again sought medical attention on 4-16-08 as a follow up, was issued a prescription and has restrictions of not using left hand until next week. Is working - no lost time.

Employee was pulling steel out with steel puller. Steel went through top of steel puller into the air, landed on his left big toe, right before the steel tip, fracturing his left big toe.

Employee was cutting plastic straps from diamond wire, when knife slipped and cut his left thumb, requiring stitches.

Employee was trying to thread two pieces of steel together, when they would not go together, he used his percussion to get them to thread and a piece of steel broke off and got wedged under the skin of his chin. Metal was removed from wound and wound sutured closed.