Strained back lifting stone while loading belt for guillotine.
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Back Strain/ Removing stone product from guillotine to be stacked on skid.
Unloading guillotine cutter and stone fell and pinched finger between two stones.
Employee was discarding scrap stone into a wastebin and pinched his finger between the steel tub and a piece of stone. He crushed his knuckle, had a compound fracture and severed the tendon in the little finger of his left hand. The little finger was amputated to the second joint.
Employee bent over and with co-worker lifted a stone to put on a pallet. When he turned his back he strained a muscle.
STONE FELL FROM CRANE WHILE UNLOADING, EE CARELESSNESS CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.
EE WAS HELPING UNLOAD SAW WHEN A BLOCK OF STONE FELL BACK ON TO EE FOOT.