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The IE was moving an L shaped piece of cut stone when part of the stone broke loose and fell towards the floor striking ee on the foot just above the safety toe protective area. The piece of stone struck only one foot.
The EE was grabbing a wooden pallet from the stack that it was in, when EE tripped over the forks of a fork lift. The forks were lowered and resting on the ground. The miner lost footing, falling to the ground and tried to catch themselves with a hand, thus hurting a wrist. No one witnessed the fall only seeing EE getting up off the ground.
The individual was standing at EE's work station when a piece of stationary stone broke apart and struck the top of EE's foot.
INDIVIDUAL WAS SPLITTING MATERIAL ON HYDRAULIC SPLITTER AND HAD POOR HAND PLACEMENT. THE STONE ROLLED AND EE'S LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE CHISELS ON THE SPLITTER.
employee was operating haul truck when he had a heart attack. Truck was at a stop when he dismounted and it was realized he needed help.
Stone rolled forward on splitter and fingers were caught between gauges and stone.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A 4X4 TIMBER WHEN A PIECE OF STONE FELL AND STRUCK THE 4X4. THE 4X4 WAS FORCE DOWN ON TO THE EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT CAUSING BRUISING.
Bent down to pick up a rock and a sharp pain occurred in lower back area.
Handling veneer stones and felt pain in lower back. Did not notify us until 09/09/2014.
Employee was grinding on a piece of stone and chip flew off and got past his eye protection and went in his eye.
Employee was splitting rock and while manipulating the stone to split he felt a pain in his left shoulder and in his groin area.
Employee was grinding stone and the grinder kicked back and cut his left ring finger.
Employee was lifting a piece of stone with overhead crane. He reached under the stone to remove a piece of rock and the strap slipped off of the stone smashing his hand.
Employee was splitting a slab down and as he was rolling the piece back on the machine he scraped his arm against a sharp edge on the slab. This led to a laceration on his left forearm which received 5 stitches.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING LUMBER WITH A CHOP SAW AND THE BLADE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
Employee was stacking product on a pallet. He was trying to force a piece of stone in between two others and the piece suddenly went between them. When the stone slipped in between them it caught his right ring finger pinching it at the nail. Employee didn't notify management until the next day and we took to the clinic.
Employee was getting ready to hone a piece of stone. He realized his grinder was unplugged. He then plugged the grinder in and the paddle switch was stuck. This led to the grinder taking off and catching the employee on the left arm causing 2 small lacerations.
Employee was removing bolts on machine when the wrench broke and he fell on the ground. He landed on his left arm.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A SLAB FROM THE SAW BAY. HE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO LIFT A SLAB IN ORDER TO BLOCK IT UP FOR THE CRANE STRAPS. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE ON BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE AND ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE CUTTING THE AREA OPEN.
Employee was entering case 95xt skid steer when slabs by the machine fell over and caught the employee's foot between the skid steer and the stone.
EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING STONE ON PALLET WHEN THE STONE BROKE AND FELL ONTO HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
Employee was pulling frozen rocks when they came loose and jammed back onto his finger.
Was honing stone and made contact with disc before the grinder stopped turning.
EE was stepping across an empty pallet, when a board broke and his foot fell through the pallet, twisting his right knee.
Employee alleges he was running stone through splitter & was not paying close enough attention to where his hands were. He brought the chisels down and caught his hand in between the slab and the chisels.
Contract worker was throwing away a piece of scrap stone into a rock bin and pinched the tip of his little finger off between the rock and steel bin wall.
Employee alleger he was getting out of the 95 xt case skidstear and his foot got stuck in the mast as he was exiting the machine to fuel it. It caused him to spin around and strike his back on the front tire of the machine.
Employee alleges he had his hand resting on a pallet and a rock sitting on the pallet fell over onto his hand. The stone that fell over was shaped like a tall building brick.
Removing rock from end feed of park industries splitter. Co-worker had placed 3 lb hammer in slot on conveyor. Smashed hand between rock and hammer head that was sticking up from the out feed belt.
Had hand on stone between two stones looking towards end of belt. Operator moved conveyor forward and rocks hit together, smashing his finger.
No conditions of work contributed to the illness. Ongoing investigation going on by Other person out of Rolla, MO south district.
The employee was ending his shift by wrapping the cord of a 4 1/2" sander to prepare to put it away and he did not unplug the cord first. He accidentally hit the trigger and engaged the sander and it flopped over and the edge of the sandpaper lacerated his right thumb.
The employee was standing in front of a rock that was sitting on a 4x4 that was going to be placed on a pallet. To make it mobile, an employee was in the skid steer and attempted to get out of the machine without the parking brake in place. The machine moved, tipping the rock over on the injured employee's foot.
Employee alleges he was taking a 25 ls rock from the 24" saw and placing if on a pallet when he felt a pop in his back and the pain started medical history ceviled he had the same thing happen 4 other times with former ee and he also has diagneitive disk diease in his lower back.
The contracted employee was installing 4" PUC pipe in the splitter plant overhead from a man lift approx 12 ft above floor and 4-5 ft from ceiling. Throughout the installation procedure PUC glue and cleaner was used. All garage doors open in the building. He passed out, had a seizure, and transported to hospital by ambulance.
EE HAD REMOVED GOOD ROCK FROM SAW BAY, LEAVING END PIECES STANDING. HE THEN REMOVED ANOTHER STACK OF GOOD ROCK, HITTING THE SCRAP ROCK CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT WHILE STANDING AT THE END OF THE LAST ROCK AND IT FELL OVER STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT. THE CRANE IS CONTROLLED REMOTELY BY EE. HE LACERATED THE TOP OF HIS FOOT WITH DEEP CONTUSIONS.
EE WS SPLITTING ROCK WITH HYDRASPLITTER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT OFF A PCJ OF SCRAP OFF A STONE & LET THE TOP HEAD MOVE DOWN TO LOW TO RECOVER THE MACHINE WITH HIS HAND ON TOP OF THE ROCK. NO SAFETY RULES WERE BROKEN JUST BAD OPERATOR JUDGMENT. THE MACHINE RECOVERS THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME. THE EE HAD HIS SAFETY EQUIP ON & HAD BEEN RUNNING THE MACHINE FOR MAJORITY OF HIS
EE ALLEGES SHE WAS CLEANING UNDER SPLITTER OUTFEED BELT WHILE IT WAS IN THE RAISED POSITION WITH A GLOVED HAND. THE OPERATOR PUT THE BELT IN THE LOWERED POSITION WITH HER HAND IN THE WAY.
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING A 72' SAW BLADE. THEY PLACED THE BOTTOM OF THE BLADE ON A 4X4 AS USUAL BUT USED ONE THAT WAS ONLY 1' LONG INSTEAD OF AN 8' ONE LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. THE WE IGHT OF THE BLADE TIPPED THE 4X4 UP & THE BLADE ROLLED ONTO THE TOP OF VICTIM'S FOOT JUST ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS AIR BAGGING A SAW CUT AND HE SLIPPED IN THE SAW SLUG, GRABBED A ROCK TO CATCHHIMSELF AND CUT HIS HAND ON THE ROCK.
THE EE ALLEGES HE WAS REACHING UP A PILE OF ROCK TO RETRIEVE A ROCK AND HIS ANKLE TWISTED.
A SLEDGE HAMMER WAS BEING USED TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PARTITION WALL IN THE SHOP. THE HAMMER SLIPPED OUT OF THE EE'S GLOVED HANDS AND WAS FLUNG IN A PATH TO STRIKE EE BETWEEN THE EYES. HE SLUNG HI S HEAD TO TRY TO AVOID THE IMPACT AND HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF AND THE HAMMER STRUCK HIM IN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
THE EE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW HE HURT HIS BACK AT WORK, HE IS ASSUMING HE DID. HE FELT FINE AFTER WORK, WENT TO BED AND WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH BACK PAIN.
EE WAS TERMINATED ON JAN. 4, 2000. HE THEN IMPLIED HE HAD A HERNIA WHICH HE HAD RECEIVED WHILE WORKING FOR OUR COMPANY. AT NO TIME DID EE REPORT ANY INJURY TO SUPERVISOR OR ANYONE AT OUR MAIN OFFICE. CONSEQUENTLY, WE WERE UNAWARE UNTIL AFTER HE WAS TERMINATED THAT HE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN INJURED ON THE JOB.