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2000–2026
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April 25, 2016 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckingham Slate Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was lifting up a piece of slate with a chisel to put a shim under it. Employee was holding the shim incorrectly with EE's thumb on top, and EE's other fingers on the bottom. The rock slipped out from the chisel and it fell on top of the block which then cut off part of the thumb and cut EE's middle finger.

April 5, 2012 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckingham Slate Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was hammering a pin into the track on a bulldozer. The pin split and a piece broke off and penetrated his leather boot and entered his ankle.

March 25, 2010 VA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckingham Slate Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was moving a rock on a saw table to prepare it for cutting. He was using a hammer to move the rock, as was a co-worker. The rock moved and the employee came down with his hammer and hit his hand instead of the rock.

November 17, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckingham Slate Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was splitting a rock on the ground with a hammer and hit his left hand.

September 17, 2009 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckingham Slate Company LLC · Struck by flying object

EE was using a metal bar to dislodge a rock from the crusher and the bar came back and hit him in the right hand.

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