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May 3, 2022 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluffton Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MECHANIC FLIP FORKS OVER ON BOBCAT SKIDSTEER AND THOUGHT EE PULLED A MUSCLE. NOW WENT TO DOCTOR BECAUSE IT WAS NOT GETTING BETTER AND WAS TOLD EE HAS A HERNIA.

August 13, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluffton Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading a skid steer tire in back of pickup and felt a sharp pain in groin area. Employee did not seek medical attention right away. Employee now had surgery on 10/17/2019 for a hernia.

June 6, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Bluffton Stone Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Writing weights on pallets of flagstone and bent over to pick up a marker and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

April 12, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluffton Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was running over to shut off belt that was slipping due to rain. Employee tripped on rock and twisted ankle. X-rays showed a small chip broken in right ankle.

August 14, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluffton Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up a piece of flagstone to put on a pallet and felt a pop in his lower back.

April 18, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bluffton Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was stacking flagstone off the conveyor belt when he picked up a piece of stone it split in half, when EE reched to grab it he caught his finger between the stone and belt head on side of conveyor belt. When he took his glove off he had cuts on the top and bottom of his right index finger.

February 1, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Bluffton Stone Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

The employee was stacking flagstone on a pallet when a piece of stone slid off an adjacent pallet and struck him in the back of the right knee causing him to twist and strain his knee. The injury caused swelling and pain.

September 27, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Bluffton Stone Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DRIVING TRUCK TO MOVE BOULDERS ALL DAY WITH WINDOWS DOWN, HE STARTED FEELING SICK IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE FLOOR BOARD OF THE TRUCK. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY DID NOT DO A BLOOD TEST TO SEE IF HE DID HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THEY DID A CAT SCAN TO RULE OUT TUMOR.

July 14, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bluffton Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STACKING FLAGSTONE & ANOTHER EE WAS UNPLUGGING HOPPER WITH THE LOADER WITH FORKS & A 6" PIECE OF FLAGSTONE FLEW OUT & HIT INJ EE IN THE RIGHT CENTER OF HIS BACK.

June 1, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bluffton Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WRITING PRODUCT NAME AND WEIGHT ON PALLETS AND A COWORKER IN THE FRONT-END LOADER WAS PICKING UP PALLETS AND MOVING THEM FOR AN ORDER. THE COWORKER CAME IN TO PICK UP A PALLET AND THE FORKS WERE A LITTLE OFF TRACK AND PUSHED THE PALLET AND ROCK INTO EE, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ARM AND BACK.

June 26, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluffton Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS UNPLUGGING A CHUTE WITH A SPUD BAR AND IT CAME BACK AND PINCHED MY LEFT HAND AGAINST AN I-BEAM.

October 18, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bluffton Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYER.RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN END WRENCH BROKE FINGER JUST ABOVE THE KNUCKLE.

September 27, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Bluffton Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

GRINDING SLAG & BOUNCED OFF WALL TOWARDS EE.

August 6, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluffton Stone Company · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO FIX THE TARP. HE GRABBED THE WRONG SECTION OF THE LADDER. HE GRABBED THE TOP SECTION OF LADDER WITHOUT THE RUBBER FEET. WHEN HE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER IT SLID O UT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL (STILL ON THE LADDER) TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE HIT HIS ELBOW, BRUISING IT.

July 16, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluffton Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED COMING OUT OF CHUTE ON BELT AND CUT HIS SHIN OPEN A LITTLE ON ANGLE IRON.

June 25, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bluffton Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER TRAVELING DOWN A RAMP IN A F.E.L., HE LOST CONTROL AND WENT OVER A BERM, SLID 18'DOWN THE SIDE OF THE RAMP AND ROLLED ONTO THE TOP. THE MINER'S LEG WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT, TWISTING TH E LEG AND DISLOCATING THE HIP. CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR AND DRY.

February 12, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bluffton Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE PLACED HIMSELF IN HARMS WAY BETWEEN A MOVING LOADER AND STATIONARY FLAGSTONE CONVEYOR; LOADEROPERATOR'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF BRAKE AND HIT EXCELERATOR. THE LOADER LEAPT FORWARD, PINNING VICTIM BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND LOADER.

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