Lifting a slab of stone, stone slipped, crushing the two middle fingers of the left hand.
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Showing all 35Rock Slab fell pinning employees right leg, leg bruised, needs physician clearance to return to work
Lifting a rock slab, rock slab slipped falling on and crushing left ankle.
SPLITTING A SLAB, SLAB SLIPPED AND PINCHED RIGHT HAND PINKIE FINGER SPLITTING IT OPEN
Lifting a block of stone, felt a sprain in right knee
WALKING A SLAB TO PALLETIZE THE STONE, THE STONE BROKE AND THE TOP HALF FELL AGAINST EMPLOYEE'S CHEST
Wind velocity was extreme on 4/02/12; foreign object blew in eye, did not request a physician visit until 4/05/12 because the foreign object continued to bother his right eye.
LIFTING A SLAB/BLOCK OF STONE, THE CORNER BROKE, JUMPED BACK TO AVOID BLOCK CRUSHING LEG, PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER THIGH.
Flagstone broke hitting right shin - requested physician visit because lower leg turning black.
Stepping into the pickup truck at job site and left leg popped out, knee and leg swelling.
Lifitng a stone slab, suffered strain/sprain of lumbar spine.
Cleaning chisels, debris in eye.
Rock slipped and caught small finger of left hand
Lifting a rock at work & felt abdomen pull.
WORKER WAS WALKING A SHEET OF FLAGSTONE TO PALLETIZE, ROCK BROKE WITH PIECE FALLING AGAINST HIS CHEST/SHOULDER.
PALLETIZING ROCK, SHEET OF FLAGSTONE SLIPPED, SMASHING RING FINGER OF RIGHT HAND
Repetitive lifting of heavy hammers, crow bars and rock caused a lower back strain (lower lumbar strain)
Rock crushed his right thumb.
45 year old man with lower back pain radiating to legs worse with BM, worsening over the past year
Smashed Finger with Flagstone at work has laceration first finger (left hand index finger)
EMPLOYEE WAS BANDING A PALLET WHEN HE MOVED HIS HAND BACKWARD AND CAUGHT HIS HAND ON THE BANDING, CUTTING THE BACK PART OF HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR TO SEE IF HE NEEDS STITCHES.
Employee was injured on 4-15-04 by a rock which he was lifting that broke in half and fell against his left shin/ ankle. The ee felt that the injury was incidental until 4-20-04 when his ankle swelled up in a knot and the skin broke for drainage. We sent him to the medical center to be examined.
EE WAS MOVING A ROCK THAT FELL, CRUSHING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.
EMPLOYEE STARTED COMPLAINING OF STOMACH PAIN AND A LUMP BELOW HIS NAVEL; SENT FOR EVALUATION REGARDING POSSIBLE HERNIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, THE EE PHONED TO STATE THAT HE WAS IN A SEVERE AMOUNT OF PAIN ON HIS RT. SIDE.THE EE COULD NOT TOLERATE THE PAIN & WENT TO THE E.R. WHO ADVISED A POSSIBLE INJUINAL HERNIA. TH IS WAS CONFIRMED ON 3/3/03 WITH EE'S REGULAR DR..
WORKER WAS LIFING A BLOCK OF STONE, THE FLAGSTONE SLIPPED & SMASHED HIS LEFT THIRD DIGIT.
ROCK FELL ON ANKLE; DID NOT REQUEST TO SEE A DOCTOR UNTIL ONE WEEK LATER WHEN THE ANKLE BECAME VERY BRUISED AND THEN SWOLLEN.
CLIMBING UP AND DOWN OFF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT (LOADER) DEVELOPED A GROIN STRAIN/INJURY. WENT TO THE DR. ON FRIDAY MAY 17, 2002 BECAUSE HE HAS NOT EARLIER REQUESTED TO SEE A DR.
ROCK SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN PLACING THE COMPRESSOR TRAILER TONGUE ON THE PICKUP HITCH. THE COMPRESSOR TRAILER TONGUE SLIPPED, FALLING TO THE GROUND AND STRIKING THE EE ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
LIFTING A BLOCK OF STONE, EE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE NOTIFIED EE ON JAN 13, 2001.
PIECE OF FLAGSTONE FELL AGAINST EE'S LEG WHEN EE TURNED TO WALK AWAY
APPARENTLY DURING THE COURSE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STONE AND STRAINED SOME MUSCLES IN HIS ABDOMEN.
EMPLOYEE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN ON SEPT 11, 00. IT OCCURRED AGAIN SEPT 15 AND 16. BY SUNDAY PAIN WAS CONSTANT AND MONDAY SEPT 18 HE REQUESTED WE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DOCT OR.
CONNECTING AIR COMPRESSOR TO PICKUP TRUCK TO MOVE COMPRESSOR, EMPLOYEE INJURED LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH THE TONGUE OF THE AIR COMPRESSOR.