Valders Stone & Marble, Inc. and Eden Stone Company reach five-year mark for "no lost time injuries/accidents"
VALDERS, WI -- Related Wisconsin stone companies Valders Stone & Marble, Inc. and Eden Stone Co. announced that they have reached the five-year mark for "no lost time injuries/accidents."
The companies, through the safe work practices of their employees and solid safety compliance efforts, have accomplished a milestone. The stone quarry and fabrication operation employs a workforce that is required to move, handle, cut, shape and package stone that weighs 160 to 170 pounds per cubic foot on a daily basis. This means that the crews need to drill, chisel, snap, grind, cut, load and unload tons of stone per day. The cut and snapped edges of the super-hard Type III dolomitic limestone and Type II quartzitic sandstone are very sharp, meaning that cuts, pinches, scrapes, slips and crush type injuries could easily occur.