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April 3, 2025 MA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was splitting stone, and the teeth were too high on the bucket of the excavator. The stone fractured and folded landing on EE's ankle, between two stones. EE was using a Chicago pneumatic jack hammer model CP4123

October 25, 2021 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Stone fractured when splitting

October 20, 2014 MA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Goshen Stone Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

We sent employees for annual hearing tests and employee had a standard threshold shift in his left ear. He is working in a lower noise area.

May 29, 2013 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was splitting a piece of stone and the stone had a fracture in it, when the stone broke a piece landed on his foot.

September 28, 2012 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was replacing planks on our scale deck and strained his back.

July 23, 2010 MA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee pinched his right middle finger in truck tail gate, half of finger is amputated. He returned to work 9/21/2010.

May 20, 2005 MA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Goshen Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking down a small grade from one quarry level to another level at the Beech tree pit. He had a burning sensation in his right knee and could no longer walk on it.

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