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August 31, 2022 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

Employee was on the rock splitter running the controls, when employee smashed a finger between the teeth of the splitter and the rock the employee was splitting.

May 23, 2022 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee had their finger pinched in between the splitter tooth and a rock resulting in a laceration that required stitches.

July 25, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Struck by flying object

Miner was operating a splitter when the rock that was split a rock came off and hit miner in the face.

November 30, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was working on the MEC splitter, ee went to turn the stone over lost balance reached out with right hand to the top head as it was coming up and finger was smashed between the top head and the c frame

July 26, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Rock broke between splitter and table causing a smashed finger between rocks.

June 2, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee placed employee's hand on the rock in the splitter to keep it stable when Criss cut splitter split the rock the piece fell on employees hand.

August 29, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While splitting stone employee's thumb was crushed between rock and the blade.

September 8, 2014 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reached into rock splitter while in operation, table lifted up and caught hand between splitter and rock.

May 3, 2010 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While working on a stone splitter employee was pushing a large rock down the rollers on the splitter and felt a pull under left shoulder blade

September 19, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was loading rock by hand onto the rock splitter machine table; his right pinky finger was smashed between the table and the rock.

May 23, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Llp · Struck by flying object

While splitting a rock on the rock splitter table, the rock fragmented sending a piece into the left forearm of the worker. The arm was punctured by the fragment.

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