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April 8, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 Winns Quarry's · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS NOT HOLDING ON TO THE STONE TIGHT ENOUGH AND IT SLIPPED.

December 5, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 Winns Quarry's · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PUTTING A BATTERING IN AN EXCAVATOR AND PULLED HIS BACK OUT.

November 7, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 Winns Quarry's · Struck by falling object

AFTER SPLITTING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE, WORKER WAS LIFTING THE STONE OUT OF THE WAY USING ONE HAND WHEN THE STONE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

September 26, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster HANDLING OF MATERIALS
3 Winns Quarry's · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF FLAGSTONE OUT OF HIS WAY WITH ONE HAND WHEN THE STONE SLIPPED OUTOF HIS HAND AND PINCHED THE TIP OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER OFF BETWEEN THE STONE AND HIS CUTTING WEDGE

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