While loading material onto the conveyor of TXS 3 in the NTV Flats dept, the stone tipped over, pinching EE's finger between the stone and the conveyor.
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Showing 50 of 438Employee in the NTV area was moving a stone off a conveyor belt when it fell on EE's foot.
While trying to move a stone that was jammed on the feed conveyor of splitter #9 inside the CMF, the employee's hand slipped on some ice that was on the stone, and the employee's left middle finger was pinched between that stone and another stone that was on the conveyor. The finger was bruised, numb, and swollen after making contact between the two stones.
I lifted a stone from the conveyor belt that weighed about 100 pounds to place it on the pallet, and I immediately felt a crack in my back. I told the material handler about the accident & asked the material handler to let the supervisor know. I continued working slowly and after I took my lunch break and went back to the work area, the pain in my back was worse.
I took a stone from the splitter table that was 10" to change its position, and when I held it in my hands, the thumb of my right-hand bent.
Rock rolled down the Sherpa onto the splitter table; employee was not able to move fast enough to get hand out of the way.
I was picking up and moving a stone piece when it slipped out of hand and slid down my arm. It cut my arm.
EE had split a piece of stone in half, slid the top half back off of the bottom half, and pinched their finger in the process.
Employee was taking a stone from the pallet to cut it on the machine and another stone from the pallet fell on their right thumb resulting in a nondisplaced fracture of distal phalanx of the right thumb.
Another employee threw a snowball in the production facility and struck employee in the ear.
Employee works inside our Chilton Manufacturing Building in the Splitter Department. Employee operates the splitter and moves stone before it is split open.
Employee is a Splitter Operator at our indoor Chilton Manufacturing Facility. Employee was handling two stones when EE pinched EE's left pinky/5th finger between the stones. The pinch caused an laceration to EE's left pinky/5th finger.
Employee is a Splitter Operator at our indoor Chilton Manufacturing Facility. Employee was making a cut of the stone. When the cut of the stone was complete, the stone bounced back causing a finger to be caught between the two stones as the left hand was up on the rollers.
Employee is a Splitter Operator at the Chilton indoor within the Chilton Manufacturing Facility. Employee pulled a stone back on the rollers in order to reposition it for further splitting. In this process, EE pinched EE's finger between that particular stone and a stone that was behind EE on the rollers resulting a laceration and abrasion to EE's left ring finger.
Employee is a Saw Operator at the Chilton Quarry indoor within the Chilton Manufacturing Facility. Employee lifted a thirty pound stone from the Saw. In the process of setting it on the table next to EE, EE caught EE's finger between the rock and the corner of table resulting in a laceration and break to the right middle finger.
Employee is a Splitter Operator at the Chilton Quarry indoor within the Chilton Manufacturing Facility. Employee was pulling a stone towards self when the stone slipped causing employee to punch finger between two stones. The pinch resulted in a laceration to left pinky finger.
Employee works at the Oakfield Quarry as a loader operator. While banding a pallet in the quarry, the employee cut the right thumb and index finger. The banding did not spool as freely as the employee was expecting and when they pulled harder on the banding, it slipped through their hand cutting it.
Employee is a material handler working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center. While putting a stone on a pallet, EE twisted and felt a pain in EE's lower back.
While working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center, the employee was positioning stone and pinched finger in between two stones. The pinching in between the stones resulted in a right ring finger laceration.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center as a material handler. While lifting a stone off of the floor, finger struck another stone and was lacerated.
Employee works outdoors in an above ground quarry operating a loader. While banding a water pump hose, the banding cut EE's hand. Employee sought treatment for the laceration.
Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility where ee packages stone weighing 15-20 lbs on average. While putting stone in a box, ee reached for a stone and right wrist was struck by a stone that was traveling down a conveyor.
Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility as a Splitter Operator. While pushing a large piece of stone into the splitter, the stone got stuck and the employee pushed hard against the stone. The employee noticed pain in left wrist following these actions.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility in the Natural Thin Veneer Department making boxes. While assembling a box ee punctured finger on a nail hanging out.
Employee works indoors in the Saw Shop. Employee was taking a piece of stone from a table when the end broke off. The employee stated, "juggled the stone and my left ring finger got stuck between the stone and table." The employee went into see the doctor and the doctor diagnosed injury as crush injury to the right ring finger.
Employee was working indoors on a NTV Corner Machine cutting stone. Employee loaded stone and had his hands place incorrectly and ended up lacerating is right index finger. Employee ended up getting sutures.
Employee was operating a stone splitter and while pulling a stone towards him the stone hit the right side of his torso. The stone was roughly 6' by 5' wide.
Employee is working indoors in the splitting department. While putting a stone on a pallet, the employee pinched his right 1st distal tuft in between 2 stones.
Employee was moving a piece of flagstone and while moving the stone, he felt a pain on his right abdomen area which occurred on 10/26/2015. The pain did not go away after a feel days, employee sought treatment on 11/06/2015, where he was given work restrictions.
Employee was working inside of the CMF in the splitter department as a packager. During his shift he packages stones averaging 30-40 lbs. During the night, the employee's right forearm started to hurt. On the 19th, he went into the doctor because the pain continued.
The employee is a fork lift driver (material handler) who loads the splitters with stone. While loading the stone onto the conveyor lines (various rollers), the employee notice that a stone was sticking out. The employee got off the fork lift and proceeded to push on the stone to straighten it out. While pushing on the stone, the employee bent his middle right finger.
Employee was working indoors in the CMF NTV Department. He is responsible for lifting stone weigh 10-15 lbs and packaging the stone into boxes. While boxing the stone, the employee dropped a piece of stone onto his wrist.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Building in the NTV Department. Employee was packaging stone weighing approximately 20-30 lbs. The employee picked up a piece of stone and while setting it back down, he felt a pain in his left wrist.
Employee works indoors at the Chilton Manufacturing Building in the Splitting Department. The employee was splitting pieces and while pulling on a piece of stone, an edge cut the top of his left ring finger.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Saw Shop performing maintenance on a Park Industries Python Saw. Employee had changed the saw blade and while finishing his right ring finger got caught in between the teeth of the blade causing a laceration to the finger.
Employee was moving a stone forward for processing and the stone slide off the rollers towards the operator. The operator tried to move out of the way and was struck by the stone on his left hand.
Employee was pulling a sheet of stone forward to check the backside of the stone. The stone fell back onto his left middle finger.
Employee was holding up stone so a co-worker could move a rack. The stone started to slip, resulting in the stone falling to the ground. The employee let go of the stone and go out of the way but the stone ended up hitting his left wrist cutting it open. The employee needed to get stitches for the laceration.
Employee was indoors mixing mortar in a bucket and felt pain in her left thumb. She had a previous injury from 2008 where pins were surgical placed in her thumb. The pins in her thumb had come out of place while mixing the mortar.
Employee was working indoors on the line taking stone off the conveyor and placing on a pallet. While picking a stone off the conveyor, a stone flipped over and struck the employee's left hand pinky finger. The employee was lifting a 60 lb. stone and was struck by a 10 lb. stone. His finger was pinched between the two stones.
Employee was moving stones around on a pallet when his left middle finger was caught between 2 stones. The fingernail was cut in half causing bleeding. The employee and supervisor felt that the accident was caused due to improper placement of the stone on the pallet.
EE was loading the saw with a rock to be cut when it tipped over. His right middle finger was caught between the rock and a metal bin.
Employee picked up a stone weighing approximately 5 pounds into a bin if front of him. While doing so, the employee felt discomfort in his right shoulder.
The employee was splitting a stone; and while doing so, a small piece flew up underneath the safety glasses and entered the eye.
The employee was placing stone into a tub.
Employee was grabbing a stone when pain was felt in the shoulder.
Employee was grinding and lifting stone.
The employee was working indoors packaging stone when he got his left index finger crushed.
Employee was carrying a stone and while placing down on a pallet got his right hand stuck between the rock and the pallet.
Employee was changing the propane tank on a fork lift and the propane discharged from the tank. The tank was found to be defective.