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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 19, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Childs & Childs Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING A WEDGE WITH A HAMMER AND THE WEDGE BROKE AND HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH. HIS LIP WAS CUT.

August 1, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Childs & Childs Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE SAW SHED BREAKING UP ROCK HE WAS LEANING OVER A BLOCK OF STONE REACHING FOR SOME WEDGES THE HAND THAT HE HAD HIS WEIGHT SUPPORTED ON SLIPPED & WAS CUT ON THE SHARP EDGE OF THE ROCK

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