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Stone rolled onto left hand smashing it. Left index finger broken. Surgery was done to repair finger. Employee be out of work for 6 to 8 weeks.
EE was loading a bucket with stone when he picked up a stone and turned to throw it in the bucket. He heard a pop sound and had pain in his lower back. After medical evaluation by his dr. He was diagnosed with a back sprain.
While splitting stone, he knelt down and pulled a stone toward his body. He felt a sharp pain in the center of his shoulder blade. He leaned back and felt pain in lower back and felt nauseous. Worker was wearing back support brace.
Miner suffered a strained elbow due to lifting heavy stone at quarry over several days of work.