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November 22, 2025 UT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Castle Valley Stone, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee is a Stone Splitter. The employee was splitting stone with a chisel and hammer when they missed the mark and hit their left pinky finger.

September 16, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Castle Valley Stone, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

An Employee was working on the back side of the Guillotine when the operator of the Guillotine pushed a slab through. The employee's finger was on equipment and wasn't paying attention when the slab hit EE's hand and severed the top of EE's right ring finger through the glove.

June 30, 2023 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Castle Valley Stone, LLC · Fall from machine

The employee was loading an end dump with boulders and got out of excavator to see how much more room the truck had. The employee was standing on the track leaning against the truck when the truck pulled away. The employee fell and landed on shoulder/arm.

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