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September 23, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Polycor Georgia Granite Quarries Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was breaking a sideline this process involves striking the wedges swinging the hammer with a side-to-side motion. While doing this the employee missed the wedge and struck the wall causing the hammer to deflect and rotated the employee rapidly causing a strain to the lower lumbar.

August 27, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Polycor Georgia Granite Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was breaking a sideline this process involves striking the wedges swinging the hammer with a side-to-side motion. While doing this the employee missed the wedge and struck the wall causing the hammer to deflect and rotated the employee rapidly causing a strain to the lower lumbar.

February 17, 2025 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Polycor Georgia Granite Quarries Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was adding a section of drill steel using a wrench to tighten the connection. The miner's left thumb was caught between the drill boom and the wrench causing a small avulsion to the left thumb.

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