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Employee got hand between splitter head and stone as the head came down, improper hand placement, improper procedure.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE SPLIITER AND MOVING A STONE WHEN A PIECE FELL ONTO EE'S RIGHT HAND, EE WAS TAKEN TO OCCUPATIONAL MED AND RETURNED TO WORK THE SAME DAY
EE had staged 2 slabs to saw, they were not properly square. EE took a crowbar, placed it under the top slab, while holding the bar EE used a crane to hook under the crowbar to lift the slab, when the corner of the slab broke the strap and crowbar flipped up striking EE in the nose.
Employee was splitting rock when a piece fell on the down button while hand was pulling the stone away pinching hand between the plate and the stone. Employee did not report incident until 3:15pm end of shift. Taken to hospital on 7.22 am for exam and drug screen was placed on modified duty same day.
Employee was pushing stone into the splitter and a piece of stone bounced back and pinched EE's 5th digit of the left hand in between two pieces of stone. The injury was classified as a contusion and EE was released back to full duty.
Employee was operating the splitter. Employee was pulling a slab toward themselves that was underneath the splitter head. Employee hit the button that lowers the head and left hand was smashed between the the slab and the splitter chisels.
Employee had EE's hand on a piece of stone as EE mechanically advanced the stone forward in the splitter. EE's hand was placed in the wrong position and EE smashed it between the guide and the stone. EE fractured the tuft of EE's index finger. EE has been working light duty with no use of the upper left extremity until EE's next follow up appointment on 7/2/2019 at 4:00 pm.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SPLITTING MATERIAL ON HYDRAULIC SPLITTER AND HAD POOR HAND PLACEMENT. THE STONE ROLLED AND EE'S LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE CHISELS ON THE SPLITTER.
Stone rolled forward on splitter and fingers were caught between gauges and stone.
Employee was grinding on a piece of stone and chip flew off and got past his eye protection and went in his eye.
Employee was splitting rock and while manipulating the stone to split he felt a pain in his left shoulder and in his groin area.
Employee was grinding stone and the grinder kicked back and cut his left ring finger.
Employee was lifting a piece of stone with overhead crane. He reached under the stone to remove a piece of rock and the strap slipped off of the stone smashing his hand.
Employee was splitting a slab down and as he was rolling the piece back on the machine he scraped his arm against a sharp edge on the slab. This led to a laceration on his left forearm which received 5 stitches.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING LUMBER WITH A CHOP SAW AND THE BLADE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
Employee was getting ready to hone a piece of stone. He realized his grinder was unplugged. He then plugged the grinder in and the paddle switch was stuck. This led to the grinder taking off and catching the employee on the left arm causing 2 small lacerations.
Was honing stone and made contact with disc before the grinder stopped turning.
Employee alleges he was running stone through splitter & was not paying close enough attention to where his hands were. He brought the chisels down and caught his hand in between the slab and the chisels.
Had hand on stone between two stones looking towards end of belt. Operator moved conveyor forward and rocks hit together, smashing his finger.
The employee was ending his shift by wrapping the cord of a 4 1/2" sander to prepare to put it away and he did not unplug the cord first. He accidentally hit the trigger and engaged the sander and it flopped over and the edge of the sandpaper lacerated his right thumb.
EE HAD REMOVED GOOD ROCK FROM SAW BAY, LEAVING END PIECES STANDING. HE THEN REMOVED ANOTHER STACK OF GOOD ROCK, HITTING THE SCRAP ROCK CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT WHILE STANDING AT THE END OF THE LAST ROCK AND IT FELL OVER STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT. THE CRANE IS CONTROLLED REMOTELY BY EE. HE LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS FOOT WITH DEEP CONTUSIONS.
EE WS SPLITTING ROCK WITH HYDRASPLITTER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT OFF A PCJ OF SCRAP OFF A STONE & LET THE TOP HEAD MOVE DOWN TO LOW TO RECOVER THE MACHINE WITH HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE ROCK. NO SAFETY RULES WERE BROKEN JUST BAD OPERATOR JUDGMENT. THE MACHINE RECOVERS THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME. THE EE HAD HIS SAFETY EQUIP ON & HAD BEEN RUNNING THE MACHINE FOR MAJORITY OF HIS