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Was pulling a piece of 6" thick stone when they felt pain in the left shoulder. Stone was on rollers about 48" off of the ground.
One employee was holding a 1/2" inch rod that was pointed on one end. The victim was holding a rubber water hose that was plugged up with sand and running the hose on and off the rod, trying to unplug it. The hose slipped off the rod as the victim pushed causing the rod to puncture hand.
Manually pushing a piece of rock on a manual roller conveyor. Left middle finger was below the roller and stone rolled up with his finger between stone and the roller on the roller conveyor, mashing the tip and nail of his left middle finger.
Mill was setting the blades to make slabs out of a block of stone. Employee had tightened the blade by hitting the key. He put the pin in place to prevent the key from flying out. He then started hitting the blade to move it over. As he did this the pin fell out and the key flew up and out. The key hit the employee under the left bicep.
Pulling a piece of stone across a roller conveyor and he had 2nd & 3rd fingers between bottom of stone and roller conveyor on left hand. Pulled 2nd & 3rd nail loose front fingers. no broken bones or stitches on the fingers, just dressing and bandage for 2 days.
The machine finished splitting a 12" x 12" x 4" piece of stone weighing about 50#. He was taking the stone off the rollers to palletize. In one motion he picked the stone up, turned & threw it on the pallet. As the stone landed his finger was crushed between the stone and the stone already on the pallet.
Gang Five had finished cutting the block into slabs and the cart was pulled out of the building. EE was prying the roughback out so that he could put the chain around it, when the roughback broke and a piece fell toward EE, hitting him on the right forearm.
Employee stepped up on lift truck to operate and felt something pull and sting in his left ankle or foot. Left ankle and foot sprain.
EE WAS REPLACING A SEAT IN A 988B CAT LOADER. HE HAD REMOVED THE BOLTS AND WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SEAT FROM WITHIN THE CAB. AS HE DID SO, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK
THE LOADER HAD JUST SET A LOAD OF SLABS IN A CART. THE LOADER THEN RELEASED THE PRESSURE OFF THE SLABS BY LOOSENING THE CABLE BALES. THE MEN THEN ADVANCED TO REMOVE THE BALES FROM AROUND THE SLABS. THERE WAS A 40 LB LOOSE PIECE OF STONE ON TOP OF THE SLABS & AS HE REMOVED THE BALES IT HIT THE LOOSE PIECE & FELL ABOUT FIVE FEET HITTING HIS FOOT RIGHT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.
STACKING STONE ON A PALLET AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STONE.
A PIECE OF SLAB END WEIGHING ABOUT 75# WAS SITTING ON A SET OF ROLERS ABOUT 42" HIGH. EE PICKED UP THE PIECE AND PUT IT ON A PALLET. AS HE BENT OVER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE REST OF THE DAY. THE NEXT DAY EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND REPORTED OFF WORK.
EE WAS REMOVING STONE FROM A SPLITTING MACHINE. AS HE PICKED UP A PIECE WEIGHING ABOUT 75#, THE PIECE BROKE AND ONE PIECE FELL AND HIT HIS FOOT ABOVE THE STEEL TOE.
EE WAS HITTING THE BOTTOM OF A KEY THAT WAS HOLDING A BLADE TIGHT IN A GANG SAW SO THAT HE COULDLOOSEN THE KEY. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE REACHED WITH HIS LT. HAND TO GRAB THE KEY, WHEN HIS HAND WAS ABOUT 5" FROM THE KEY, THE KEY UNEXPECTEDLY POPPED LOOSE AND FLEW UP AND HIS HIS HAND.
LIFTING A PIECE OF STONE TO STACK ON A PALLETT AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.
STONE BROKE WHILE STACKING AND 3RD FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS HIT BU A BROKEN PIECE OF STONE.
2 EE'S WERE SPLITTING 16" HIGH ASHLAR & STACKINGTHEM ON A PALLET. WHEN ONE WENT TO THE RESTROOM INJ EE HELPED ON THE MACHINE. 10/17/01 EE REP'D THAT HIS SHOULDER HURT. HE CON'T WITH HIS REGULA R JOB AS FOREMAN UNTIL 4/19/02 WHEN HE STARTED A MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE
CUT LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHILE UNLOADING RACKS.
BENT OVER TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM ATOP A WATER VALVE COVER SPRAINING MY BACK.
EE HAD JUST FINISHED LOADING A PALLET OF WALLSTONE, HE LOWERED THE PALLET DOWN WITH THE HYDRAULIC LIFT TO THE CONVEYOR LEVEL. HE TRIED TO PUSH THE PALLET, WEIGHING ONE TON, ONTO THE ROLLERS ON THE CONVEYOR. HE PUSHED HARDER AND FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN SHOULDER. HE CONTINUED TO WORK THAT DAY BUT WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.