| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-13 | Tulsa | Ok | Wood Systems, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was attempting to retrieve a granite slab that was stacked behind multiple other slabs. One of the wedges the employee used to create a gap between the slabs fell and his left index finger was pinched between the slabs. The employee suffered an avulsion, which required surgical amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-10-08 | Tampa | Fl | UMI Stone | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was moving a granite slab with a gantry crane. When the slab was put on the ground, the crane's clamp hit another piece of granite and released the slab, which struck the employee. The employee suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-05-03 | Cincinnati | Oh | Daltile Stone & Slab Center | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
| An employee was guiding a granite slab that was on a forklift. He slipped and fell, and the forklift ran over his right foot. His foot and lower leg were severely injured and the foot was amputated. | |||||
| 2020-02-28 | Austin | Texas | True Blue Granite* | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving a granite slab. The slab fell on the employee's foot, breaking it; the employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-08-05 | Lakeland | Florida | High Tech Granite Incorporated | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a router with a diamond bit to cut a granite slab. While the tool was running, the diamond outer shell broke and a piece of the broken router bit struck another employee in the eye. | |||||
| 2019-07-23 | Dallas | Texas | Pinnacle Marble & Granite, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping to move a granite slab onto the photograph station using an overhead crane with a clamp attachment. The clamp holding the slab lost its grip and the slab fell, causing crushing injuries to the employee's right foot and the amputation of all the toes. | |||||
| 2018-03-08 | Edmond | Oklahoma | Brick, Stone and Related Construction Materials | Leg(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employees were attempting to move a crate of six granite slabs (weighing approximately 800 pounds each) from the back of a trailer using a chain. One end of the chain was tied to the mast of a forklift and the other wrapped around the bottom of the crate. Before they pulled the crate from the trailer, a strap that was holding the slabs broke, allowing the slabs to fall onto the injured employee, who broke both legs. | |||||
| 2017-08-14 | Columbus | Ohio | Stone Mart | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| On August 14, 2017, an employee was removing braces in a shipping container when granite slabs fell onto the employee's chest. The employee suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2017-05-09 | Dallas | Texas | Sigma Marble and Granite, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
| An employee was helping a forklift operator to move a granite slab with the forklift and an attachment clamp. The forklift operator put the forklift in neutral and got off of it. The forklift rolled forward and ran over the employee's ankle, breaking it. | |||||
| 2017-02-10 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | PS WHOLESALE FLOORS, L.L.C. | Leg(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was trying to move granite slabs that were leaning against each other when he lost control of the slabs, which fell on and broke his right leg. | |||||
| 2016-04-01 | Richmond Hill | Georgia | Caesarstone Technologies USA Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inside an intermodal container positioned to the right of granite slabs that were stacked in an A-frame manner. As a forklift was unloading the slabs from the left side of the A-frame, the slabs on the right side fell and struck the employee. The employee was pinned between 7 to 8 slabs and the side of the container. The slabs weigh approximately 700 pounds each. The employee sustained bruised ribs and lungs. | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | Willingboro | New Jersey | Kitchen Systems, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was using a boom when a piece of granite slab fell on the employee's leg. | |||||