All MSHA-reportable accidents at Eden Stone Co., LLC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.
HE WAS ON HIS MACHINE AND IT MALFUNCTIONED...THE BLADE CAME DOWN TOO QUICKLY. WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND AWAY FROM THE BLADE HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE HEAD OF THE M ACHINE. THAT TOOK THE TIP OF HIS FINGER OFF.
EE WAS BREAKING A PIECE OF WOOD IN HALF AND A PIECE OF THE WOOD FLEW UP AND CUT HIM UNDER THE LEFT EYE. HE WANTED TO GO AND GET IT CHECKED OUT.
LIFTING A ROCK OFF OF CONVEYOR BELT AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK
HE SAID HE WAS MOVING BIG ROCKS AND PUTTING THEM ON PALLETS. INJURY DATE WAS 7/28/03. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON AUG. 6, 2003.
EE WAS PUTTING A STONE ON A GUILLOTINE, AND HE DID NOT LIFT THE STONE HIGH ENOUGH, WHEN HE THEN SMASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER AND PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE MACHINE.
EE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT RIGHT AWAY. HE TOLD OTHER ON FRIDAY 6-27-03 THAT A PIECE OF METAL FLEW FROM HIS CHISEL AND HIT HIS CHEST/STOMACH AREA.
HE WAS CHISELING ON A LEANING SLAB OF STONE AND WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF IT (INSTEAD OF THE SIDE OF IT) WHEN IT SLID DOWN AND PINNED HIS RIGHT FOOT UNDER THE STONE AND BETWEEN THE GROUND. HE B ROKE HIS FOOT.
WAS CLEANING THE TANK COVERS AND HE SLIPPED. HIS BACK WAS SORE AND HE HAD SOME NUMBNESS/TINGLING IN HIS ARMS.
SAID HE WAS STACKING STONE ONTO PALLETS AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.
HE HURT BACK THROWING A STONE DOWN TO CUT.
EE CAME TO ME IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2003. HE SAID HE DROPPED A STONE ON HIS FOOT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. NOW IT IS HURTING AND HE NEEDED TO GET IT CHECKED OUT.
HE WAS CATCHING A STONE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS STOMACH AREA. ABDOMINAL WALL STRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED.
WAS MOVING STONES AND ANOTHER EE DROPPED A STONE. WHILE EE TRIED TO GET HIS FOOT OUT OF THE WAY HE PULLED HIS HAMSTRING.
HE WAS MOVING STONE TO A PALLET AND STONE FELL, LANDING ON THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT.
WAS CARRYING A STONE TO A PALLET. AND WHEN HE PUT IT DOWN THE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.
WENT TO DR ON JUNE 30TH. STONE SCRAPED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE REPORTED TI TO ME. BUT JUST PUT ON A BANDAGE CLEANED IT UP. ON 6-30-03 HE CAME BACK AND SAID IT WASNT GETTING ANY BETTER. HE WEN TO TH E DR. HE HAD INFECTION.
EMPLOYEE WAS CATCHING A STONE. WHEN HE LIFTED IT HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE'S LEFT WRIST/HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO STONES WHEN HE WAS MOVING THEM.
HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS BACK JUST STARTED HURTING.
JUST STARTED HAVING PAINS IN HIS CHEST AREA UNDER NECK.
CRUSHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO STONE'S.
WAS LIFTING THE DUST COLLECTOR AND HE PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WAS LIFTING A HEAVY STONE HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK...RESULTING IN A LUMBAR STRAIN.
HE SAID HE WAS PUSHING LARGE STONES AND NOW HAS A STRAIN IN THE UPPER RIGHT FOREARM, CAUSING HIS RIGHT HAND TO GO NUMB.
CAUGHT HIS ELBOW ON THE SHARP EDGE OF STONE. HE NEEDED STITCHES.
HE WAS MOVING A STONE TO PUT ON A PALLET AND THE STONE CUT HIS FOREARM.
LACERATION - WAS KNOCKING OFF PALLETS & A STONE EDGE CUT HIS FOREARM. HE RECEIVED 8 STITCHES.
WAS LIFTING A HEAVY STEEL BAR WITH 4 OTHER GUYS, AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS STOMACH AREA.
HE PICKED UP A ROCK AND IT CUT HIS FINGER. HE GOT AN INFECTION IN THE CUT.
SAID HE GOT OUT OF LOADER AND FELT A SNAP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE.
WAS KNOCKING DOWN STONE & HE TWISTED WRONG.
WAS WORKING OUT ON THE BLOCK WHEN HIS CHISEL SLIPPED AND HE HIT HIS RIGHT THUMB WITH HIS HAMMER.
EE WAS ON THE GROUND WORKING, WHEN A STONE WAS THROWN UP OR OFF OF THE LOADER TIRE. THE INJURY WAS TO HIS RIGHT LEG.
WAS CHISELING A STONE AND A PIECE GOT UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
WAS CHISELING A STONE, WHEN A PIECE OF THE CHISEL FLEW UP AND HIT HIM ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYEBROW. FOREHEAD.
HE WAS POURING CEMENT, LEVELING AND DRILLING HOLES FOR RE-BAR, PULLING & PUSHING A STRIKE BAR.