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August 28, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granstone, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS USING A BLOW PIPE TO CLEAN SAW BLOCK. HE FELL ABOUT WAIST HIGH & HIT THE SIDE OF HIS FACE WITH A HARD IMPACT.

April 17, 2003 GA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granstone, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ROCK WAS SITTING ON SLOPE WHEN WORKERS UPPLED PIECE IN FRONT OF THE ROCK. THE ROCK SLID & CUT THE WORKER ON THE LEG.

October 2, 2002 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Granstone, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE GOUT CHAIN BEING USED HAD A TWIST IN IT. THE OPERATOR PICKED UP THE BLOCK BEFORE FLAGMAN COULD STOP HIM. THIS CAUSED THE CHAIN TO BREAK AND A SMALL PART OF THE CHAIN PUNCTURED THE LOWER AR M.

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