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Employee was kneeling down chiseling end of stone cube when his upper left arm was pinched between the two stone cubes.
Employee was picking up an 8"x8'x2" thick tread with another employee to place on the tread saw. The piece had to be flipped over and in the process of flipping it the other employee dropped his end which fell to the floor causing employee's finger to be slammed on the edge of the saw table between the tread and the table edge.
Employee was disassembling and moving metal framed building. He turned to move away from the frame to lay it down. Fell to the ground in pain.
Two employees were moving stone from pallet. When they lifted stone, several other stones that were on the pallet fell hitting one employee's left thumb.
Employee was moving the top piece of stone on a pallet to center it (it looked to him like it was going to fall). When he moved it, his thumb was pinched between the top piece of stone and the stone directly under it. His thumb was crushed, the nail is partially ripped off and there was a laceration requiring 5 stitches.
Employee was helping to load pallets of stone on flatbed. He placed his hand on the trailer while bending down to fix his shoe. A 2nd employee set a pallet of stone on his hand. When he felt the pallet come down, he pulled his hand out from under. The pallet lacerated his finger and pulled off the nail. He had abrasions on another finger. He received 3 stitches.
Employee was thermalling edges of 2x3 stone. The stones were standing on edge and they fell and hit his right knee inside lacerating his right leg beside the knee.
Employee was pulling stone across saw table onto rollers and caught his thumb between the stone and the guide rail which resulted in a laceration of his thumb on his right hand. The employee received 7 stitches.
WAS MOVING LIQUID OXYGEN CYLINDER AWAY FROM WORK STATION BY TILTING AND ROLLING. THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK HUNG UP ON A ROCK AND KICKED OUT COMING DOWN ON LEFT LEG LEAVING A LACERATION ON LOWER L EG.
EE WAS SLIDING A PIECE OF STONE & TORE MUSCLE IN RIGHT ELBOW.