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February 4, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Boyd Granite Company Inc · Struck by falling object

A PIECE OF STONE-APPROX 1 TON-LYING ON THE UPPER END OF AN 8\ SLOPE WAS LOOSENED BY WM. SOUTHER & PAT BERI. THE STONE SLID DOWN THE SLOPE, FOLLOWING THE 2 WORKERS, SEPERATED INTO 2 PIECES WH EN IT HIT THE BOTTOM. THE SMALLER PIECE-APPROX 700#- SEVERLY MASHED THE LEFT FOOT OF WM. SOUTHER.

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