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January 30, 2025 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Salado Operations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee in the thin veneer area was crushed by a pallet of stone that was placed on them by another employee in a wheel loader.

September 23, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Salado Operations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was loosening mechanism that lowers saw on veneer saw. device failed and lowered quickly causing employees hand to become pinched. as a result the employee got a laceration on EE's left hand that require stitches.

June 2, 2022 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salado Operations · Struck by falling object

Was picking up a piece of stone and it slipped from their grip and fell on their foot.

October 21, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Salado Operations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

RIGHT THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK SLAB AND MACHINE CUTTERS.

July 12, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Salado Operations · Struck by falling object

pushing trash on the discharge ramp, EE was pushing by hand and another rock fell on hand. Crushed left thumb.

April 6, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Salado Operations · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Skid steer operator was placing a block on a feed table and employee's finger got in the way.

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