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Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center. EE was stretching during the morning required stretching. EE was bending forward stretching towards EE's toes and felt a pain in EE's lower right back.
Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center as a Splitter Operator. The employee was operating a splitter and a piece of rock fell off the table and struck foot. The employee was wearing steel toed boots with metatarsal protections.
Employee is a material handler working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center. While putting a stone on a pallet, EE twisted and felt a pain in EE's lower back.
While working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center, the employee was positioning stone and pinched finger in between two stones. The pinching in between the stones resulted in a right ring finger laceration.
While working in the Chilton Manufacturing Center (indoors), an employee on a forklift moved material, causing another employee's foot to become wedged in between a splitter and a bin of stone.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Center as a material handler. While lifting a stone off of the floor, finger struck another stone and was lacerated.
Employee works outdoors in an above ground quarry operating a loader. While banding a water pump hose, the banding cut EE's hand. Employee sought treatment for the laceration.
Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility where ee packages stone weighing 15-20 lbs on average. While putting stone in a box, ee reached for a stone and right wrist was struck by a stone that was traveling down a conveyor.
Employee works indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility as a Splitter Operator. While pushing a large piece of stone into the splitter, the stone got stuck and the employee pushed hard against the stone. The employee noticed pain in left wrist following these actions.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility in the Natural Thin Veneer Department making boxes. While assembling a box ee punctured finger on a nail hanging out.
Employee works indoors in the Saw Shop. Employee was taking a piece of stone from a table when the end broke off. The employee stated, "juggled the stone and my left ring finger got stuck between the stone and table." The employee went into see the doctor and the doctor diagnosed injury as crush injury to the right ring finger.
Employee works as a Material Handler in shipping and receiving. While ee was grabbing a box from a pallet, feet slipped forward on the ice. EE said ee, "jarred neck." Employee did seek medical treatment and the doctor diagnosed it has a neck strain.
Employee had pulled into the quarry and parked semi in yard to hook up flatbed trailer. Fell of top step of truck & landed on gravel lot. Broke left wrist, right thumb & needed stitches in forehead.
Employee was working indoors on a NTV Corner Machine cutting stone. Employee loaded stone and had his hands place incorrectly and ended up lacerating is right index finger. Employee ended up getting sutures.
Employee was operating a stone splitter and while pulling a stone towards him the stone hit the right side of his torso. The stone was roughly 6' by 5' wide.
Employee is working indoors in the splitting department. While putting a stone on a pallet, the employee pinched his right 1st distal tuft in between 2 stones.
Employee was moving a piece of flagstone and while moving the stone, he felt a pain on his right abdomen area which occurred on 10/26/2015. The pain did not go away after a feel days, employee sought treatment on 11/06/2015, where he was given work restrictions.
Employee was working inside of the CMF in the splitter department as a packager. During his shift he packages stones averaging 30-40 lbs. During the night, the employee's right forearm started to hurt. On the 19th, he went into the doctor because the pain continued.
The employee is a fork lift driver (material handler) who loads the splitters with stone. While loading the stone onto the conveyor lines (various rollers), the employee notice that a stone was sticking out. The employee got off the fork lift and proceeded to push on the stone to straighten it out. While pushing on the stone, the employee bent his middle right finger.
Employee was working indoors splitting stone when a saw near his splitter, had a stone open at the seam. This caused the blades of the stone to force the stone out towards the operator of the splitter next to it.
Employee was working indoors in the CMF NTV Department. He is responsible for lifting stone weigh 10-15 lbs and packaging the stone into boxes. While boxing the stone, the employee dropped a piece of stone onto his wrist.
Employee was working indoors on a splitter. While splitting a stone, the employee went to brace his foot on the machine and his foot slipped resulting in him falling over onto his back. The employee went and got medical treatment and the final diagnosis was a lumbar strain/contusion.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Building in the NTV Department. Employee was packaging stone weighing approximately 20-30 lbs. The employee picked up a piece of stone and while setting it back down, he felt a pain in his left wrist.
Employee works indoors at the Chilton Manufacturing Building in the Splitting Department. The employee was splitting pieces and while pulling on a piece of stone, an edge cut the top of his left ring finger.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Facility where he is a splitter operator. He was trimming a piece of stone using a chisel and hammer and missed the stone, striking his left hand.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Saw Shop performing maintenance on a Park Industries Python Saw. Employee had changed the saw blade and while finishing his right ring finger got caught in between the teeth of the blade causing a laceration to the finger.
Employee was working indoors in the Chilton Manufacturing Building packaging stone. Employee was trimming a stone using a hammer and chisel and missed the top of the chisel. This resulted in the hammer striking the employee's right index finger.
An employee who is a material handler was working indoors and noticed a co-worker struggling with a large stone. The stone broke in half and the employee tried pulling part of the stone out with a pry bar. While trying to pull out the piece of stone, the employee lost balance, tripped over a scrap tub and hit his head on the splitter machine.
Employee was moving a stone forward for processing and the stone slide off the rollers towards the operator. The operator tried to move out of the way and was struck by the stone on his left hand.
Employee was pulling a sheet of stone forward to check the backside of the stone. The stone fell back onto his left middle finger.
Employee was holding up stone so a co-worker could move a rack. The stone started to slip, resulting in the stone falling to the ground. The employee let go of the stone and go out of the way but the stone ended up hitting his left wrist cutting it open. The employee needed to get stitches for the laceration.
Employee was indoors mixing mortar in a bucket and felt pain in her left thumb. She had a previous injury from 2008 where pins were surgical placed in her thumb. The pins in her thumb had come out of place while mixing the mortar.
Employee was working indoors on a Hydro Splitter and was cutting the ends off the stone to square them off. While lowering the head of the machine, the stone flipped up and flipped up pinching his left hand between the stone and top of the machine. This resulted in a left hand middle finger fracture.
Employee was working indoors on the line taking stone off the conveyor and placing on a pallet. While picking a stone off the conveyor, a stone flipped over and struck the employee's left hand pinky finger. The employee was lifting a 60 lb. stone and was struck by a 10 lb. stone. His finger was pinched between the two stones.
Employee was moving stones around on a pallet when his left middle finger was caught between 2 stones. The fingernail was cut in half causing bleeding. The employee and supervisor felt that the accident was caused due to improper placement of the stone on the pallet.
EE was loading the saw with a rock to be cut when it tipped over. His right middle finger was caught between the rock and a metal bin.
Employee was making a cut on a stone, the stone kicked up causing his finger to be pinched between the stone and the metal frame of the splitter.
Employee was watching rocks drop from conveyor and a rock hit his left index finger. Employee received a laceration from the accident and the doctor placed the employee on restricted duty. Employee was also prescribed a splint to wear on his left index finger.
The employee was splitting a stone; and while doing so, a small piece flew up underneath the safety glasses and entered the eye.
Employee picked up a stone weighing approximately 5 pounds into a bin if front of him. While doing so, the employee felt discomfort in his right shoulder.
The employee was placing stone into a tub.
Employee was grabbing a stone when pain was felt in the shoulder.
Employee was grinding and lifting stone.
Employee was splitting a stone and lowered the head of the splitter instead of the cut cycle. The left index finger got caught between the dust collector and the stone.
The employee was working indoors packaging stone when he got his left index finger crushed.
The employee was walking down stairs and got her heel stuck in her pant leg causing her to fall down four steps.
The employee was working indoors and running a splitter machine. He got his hand caught between the stone and the table.
Employee was carrying a stone and while placing down on a pallet got his right hand stuck between the rock and the pallet.
Employee was changing the propane tank on a fork lift and the propane discharged from the tank. The tank was found to be defective.
Employee was lifting a stone off of a conveyor belt to move to another location. While putting the rock down, his finger was caught between the wall and stone. This incident resulted in a subungual hematoma of the right hand distal finger.