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May 14, 2015 OK · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blaisdel Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cut right finger when rock was being pushed back through chopper caught in middle of two rocks that had sharp edges.

March 11, 2011 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blaisdel Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

Operator transporting stone on loader forks, when right fork broke, causing loader to rear and bounce.

April 13, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blaisdel Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was splitting stone with hammer and chisel when the hammer splintered and a piece of steel was embedded in his leg.

March 6, 2006 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blaisdel Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was spliting stone with hammer and chisel when the hammer splintered and a piece of steel was embedded in her leg.

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