Eden Stone Co., LLCMining Incidents in 2016

The miner was lifting a piece of stone when EE felt pain in leg, arm and chest.

Employee was carrying a small piece of stone and slipped on the ice. EE did not fall but in struggling to keep balance, ee strained groin and abdominal muscles resulting in a hernia requiring surgery.

Miner was sizing a piece of stone using a hammer and chisel. EE swung the hammer very hard and lost control hitting the chisel with a glancing blow. EE's hand smashed into the stone cutting the right index finger and causing a fracture of the right index finger.

Miner was stacking stone coming out of the hydraulic splitter. As employee was picking up a piece of stone from the conveyor belt, the belt reversed and pinched a finger between the stone and part of the machine.

Miner was splitting a stone with hammer and chisel and struck finger with the hammer.

Miner was using a hammer and chisel to split a stone in extremely cold temperatures. A small shard of steel fragmented from the chisel and lodged in right leg.

Miner was late for shift. Had just punched in and was walking to the job site and slipped on the wet pavement and fell. Miner broke fall with right hand and injured hand.

The employee, a loader operator, was trying to dislodge a stone from the tire of loader with own pocket knife. The pocket knife collapsed and cut the tip of little finger on right hand.

While working on the parking brake of a pickup truck, the employee started to feel pain in the left elbow. The employee has been working as a mechanic at the mine for 23 years.