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273,095
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2000–2026
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July 29, 2025 VT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Vermont Quarries Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Finger got caught in a lifting cable while EE was attempting to lift up a saw floor track.

September 16, 2024 VT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Vermont Quarries Corp. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was bringing the gang trolly cart from our gang saw to the polisher when they got their steel toed boot caught in between the rail of the trolly storage area and trolly cart.

July 26, 2007 VA · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer POWERED HAULAGE
Virginia Mist Granite Corp Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Hooking chain on turntable of saw, operator told loader operator to lower the boom on loader. The chain pinched end of finger with chain. Replaced short chain with long chain.

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