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January 16, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mountain Valley Stone, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An object came in contact with the safety on a pneumatic staple gun. Resulting in EE shooting EE's left index finger with a staple. EE was performing regular duties, making wood boxes/crates for flagstone rocks. EE had the staple gun in one hand, the air hose in the other hand when the safety disengaged and fired a staple into EE's left index finger.

March 25, 2019 UT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Mountain Valley Stone, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Worker was operating a guillotine stone splitter. While adjusting a stone with worker's hand to be split, the worker pressed the pedal to lower the guillotine down to split the stone, and the machine came down on worker's hand. This resulted in a severe laceration on the top and bottom of the hand, wrist dislocation, and bone fractures.

October 23, 2007 UT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Mountain Valley Stone, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee removed his glove to clean out rock debris from between two rollers on a guillotine. His coworker pushed a rock through the machine, he didn't realize and his finger was smashed.

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