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Unloading slabs. Slab shifted and struck employee on the ear and arm.
While two employees were lifting a 1 inch thick sawed slab onto a saw table for further fabrication, one of them felt a pull in his lower back. He reported the injury the next day, but did not feel he needed to go to the doctor. The next work day it was still bothering him, so we sent him to the doctor, who diagnosed the injury as a lower back sprain.
Employee was palletizing 4"x8" cobble stones and noticed he had mild pain in his back. He did not feel he needed to go to the doctor until 2 days later. The doctor's diagnosis was "low back pain/sprain".
Employee and co-worker were palletizing stone. Employee got right pinkie finger caught under stone and when he pulled his finger out he tore the skin, requiring several sutures.
Lifting bag of grit, felt lower back pull resulting in lower back sprain.
EE WAS WALKING A PIECE OF STONE OVER TO A PALLET. THE STONE SLIPPED ON ANOTHER ROCK ON THE FLOOR AND FELL DOWN ONTO THE TOP OF EE RIGHT FOOT, WHICH FRACTURED A BONE ON TOP OF FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS WEIGHING A PALLET OF STONE AND WHEN HE WENT TO PUT THE WEIGHT ON TOP OF THE PALLET HIS LEG HIT A ROCK ON SIDE OF THE PALLET AND CUT HIS LOWER LEG.