Employee was in the process of measuring stone to be chopped. Second employee moved the roller on the conveyor table of the Hydrasplit which moved the stone forward. Injured employee's left index finger was smashed between the roller and stone. The finger was busted open from the middle knuckle to the end of the finger.
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Continental Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Continental Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Chopping and stacking rock. Started having back pain and eventually pain went down leg. Could hardly walk.
April 26, 2010
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Stacking stone on a pallet someone pushed a stone middle finger was caught between two rocks. End of finger bone was broken and nail damaged.
May 1, 2003
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
LIFTING STONE TO PUT ON PALLET.
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