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March 24, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS PASSENGER IN A PICK UP TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN THE QUARRY #33 RAMP. BRAKE LINE BROKE AND DRIVER COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK. DRIVER APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT TRUCK IN PARK, TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE, PASSENGER OPENED DOOR AND JUMPED FROM TRUCK. DRIVER CONTINUED DOWN THE RAMP AND DROVE TRUCK INTO PILE OF EARTH, NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK OR INJURY TO DRIVER.

March 24, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS PASSENGER IN A PICK UP TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN THE QUARRY #33 RAMP. BRAKE LINE BROKE AND DRIVER COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK. DRIVER APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT TRUCK IN PARK, TRUCK CONTINUED TO MOVE, PASSENGER OPENED DOOR AND JUMPED FROM TRUCK. DRIVER CONTINUED DOWN THE RAMP AND DROVE TRUCK INTO PILE OF EARTH, NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK OR INJURY TO DRIVER.

October 13, 2000 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia Marble Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS INSTALLING DRIVE BELTS ON CONE CRUSHER DRIVE. WHILE ROLLING BELT AROUND DRIVE SHIEVE HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND DRIVE SHIEVE.

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