EE was moving a large cap stone, by standing it upright and walking it to the pallet. EE tripped or stumbled and fell. As EE fell the stone smashed EE's thumb between the stone EE was moving and one that was on the pallet.
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Showing all 3As EE was carrying stones over to a pallet that was on level ground, he tripped and fell forward. When he fell forward, he dropped the stone in front of him and used his hands to catch his fall. When EE extended his arms, his right forearm scraped the edge of the stone he was carrying. As the result, he sustained a laceration to the inside of his right forearm.
Employee was exiting the forklift and missed his footing and fell from the step, bashing his face into the tire of the forklift, breaking his nose.