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March 7, 2013 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Working on stone splitter, smashed thumb between two stones.

September 22, 2010 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

While lifting and throwing rock into bins for trash, strained back.

June 24, 2010 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anderson Masonry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shaping boulders, and rock hit hard hat, knocking off to side, and rock lacerated scalp.

July 26, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was turning a rock to put it into the stone splitter. The rock broke and the employee's arm fell into it. The piece that employee fell into had a jagged corner which caused a laceration on left forearm.

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