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The employee was off loading stone from the conveyor side of the Hyd. breaker and stacking on a pallet. EE's left 3rd finger became trapped between two large stones. EE was taken to Velocity Care and had x-rays and determined the end of the finger was broke.
Worker was stacking stone on pallet, stone slipped and crushed left ring finger tip between two stones. The finger tip was x-ray showing a fracture.
While stacking stone on a pallet a sharp piece broke off falling cutting the employee on left leg just below the knee. EE required 7 stitches at the local emergency room.
While employee was working discharge end of hydro split breaker, employee was putting stone on pallet when stone bounced back and caught right middle finger between stone and conveyor belt.
While palletizing stone the employee's finger was cut and broken when the stone the employee was moving slipped out of employee's grip causing the stone to pin employee's right pinky finger between the stone and back breaker belt.
Employee complained to co-worker on 5/7/12 that his shoulder hurt. Co-worker notified supervisor immediately. Employee claims that he strained his right shoulder sometime around 4/17/12 while pulling a rock to position it on the breaker. Employee was sent to doctor immediately. Employee has not returned to full duty at this time.
EE was moving cut stone from cutting table to pallet. He smashed his hand between the rock he was moving and a rock that was already on the pallet.
EE WAS PULLING ROCK BACK ON CONVEYER AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK HE WAS PULLING AND ANOTHER ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK FROM BREAKER AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.
WHILE WORKING FEED END OF HYDRAULIC BREAKER EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND CONVEYOR ROLLER. (CONVEYOR IS MANUAL).
WHILE CUTTING STONE EE WAS LIFTING STONE TO CUT AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER LEFT SIDE. HE THOUGHT HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE BUT FOUND OUT HE HADA HERNIA.
WHILE CUTTING STONE, EMPLOYEE LIFTED A ROCK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WHILE LIFTING A LARGE STONE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WHILE REACHING INTO HIS STOCKPILE OF STONE PULLED ONE ROCK AROUND TO TAKE IT TO HIS BANKER TO CUT, AND ANOTHER ROLLED DOWN AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM, PUT A CUT IN HIS ARM THAT REQ UIRED STITCHES.