Bluffton Stone Company LLC. — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/03/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted 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.
08/13/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost 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.
06/06/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Writing weights on pallets of flagstone and bent over to pick up a marker and felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
04/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted 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.
08/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was picking up a piece of flagstone to put on a pallet and felt a pop in his lower back.
04/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted 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...
02/01/2006 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost 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 caus...
09/27/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost 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 BLOO...
07/14/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 19d restricted 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.
06/01/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted 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 WE...
06/26/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted WAS UNPLUGGING A CHUTE WITH A SPUD BAR AND IT CAME BACK AND PINCHED MY LEFT HAND AGAINST AN I-BEAM.
10/18/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING DRIVE BELTS ON CONVEYER.RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN END WRENCH BROKE FINGER JUST ABOVE THE KNUCKLE.
09/27/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None GRINDING SLAG & BOUNCED OFF WALL TOWARDS EE.
08/06/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted 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...
07/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SLIPPED COMING OUT OF CHUTE ON BELT AND CUT HIS SHIN OPEN A LITTLE ON ANGLE IRON.
06/25/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost 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 A...
02/12/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 30d restricted 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...
05/19/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CARRYING IDLERS DOWN STEPS, LOST BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS.