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October 2, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A JACKHAMMER TO A BLOCK WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

June 11, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO HOOK UP BLOCK WHEN HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND PINCHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS BRUISING RIGHT HAND

June 4, 1986 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING HOOK DOGS TO ROCK WHEN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN ROCK AND HOOKS.

December 16, 1985 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Struck by flying object

AIRLINE WAS FRO1EN AND EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON IT TRYING TO FREE THE LINE ALTHOUGH AIR WAS ON AND EMP KNEW IT HE LOOKED DOWN THE AIRLINE AND ICE BLEW INTO HIS FACE

September 20, 1985 SD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I.NAME WAS HELPING OTHER EMPLOYEES PUSH A PIECE OF ROCK AROUND SO THAT THEY COULD PLACE THE DOGS IN HOLES AND LIFT BLOCK IN DOING SO I.NAME STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

December 13, 1984 SD · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator FIRE
Georgia Granite Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE POURED GASOLINE INTO A TANK AND SPILLED SOME ON HIS GLOVES. HE THEN WENT TO AN OPEN FIRE AND HIS GLOVES CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING A BURN TO RIGHT HAND.

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