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Was picking up a piece of stone and it slipped from their grip and fell on their foot.
Cleaning Saw Barn Trench. Left Shoulder hurt.
pushing trash on the discharge ramp, EE was pushing by hand and another rock fell on hand. Crushed left thumb.
Employee was loading rocks onto the thin veneer machine when lower back began to hurt and employee could not stand. Employee had previous back issues employee did not disclose before being hired to handle rock. Employee is out until employee can get a doctor to release employee to work.
Employee was working behind the chopper stacking rock on pallets. While stacking rock on pallets a stone slipped out of their hands. While trying to catch the stone after it slipped out of their hands they pinched finger between the stone that slipped out of their hands and a stone that was on the pallet.
The employee was stacking rocks and felt a pain in EE's chest. EE appears to have a hernia.
Injured employee sprained shoulder while lifting a rock.
Employee was moving a diesel container on the fork of a skid loader (Cat 272 C) when the container lost balance. The employee got off the skid loader and pushed back to balance the container. After that, the employee started feeling pain in the lower back.
Was placing a #8 rock in container at this time an employee was not looking and went to throw a rock at this time rock came in contact with said employee Right index finger causing a cut on top of and on the bottom of finger.
Rock on conveyer belt started to fall off the conveyer and employee reached for the rock causing EE to get EE's right index finger caught between rock and guard.
Employee was working on the discharge side of the stone splitter stacking stone on pallets. Went to pick up a stone that approximately weighs 40 pounds when the stone rolled over and hit employee's right hand which resulted in a fracture of middle finger.
Employee was lifting rock off of a table to place on a pallet for packaging.