Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Shift on baseline audiometric testing. Hearing loss. Re-tested on 12/06/2023 shows no substantial hearing loss. EE will be retested again on May 7, 2024.
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July 20, 2017
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
ledgeman/hand, quarry man
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Blue Sky Quarries, Inc.
· Struck by falling object
Cracked stone fell and crushed employee. Employee didn't follow procedure. Employee's lanyard wasn't tied off and the employee was using a foot wedge and jackhammer with 1 1/4" bit. Employee should have been using 3/4" plug drill and 5" tether and wedge. The employee was drilling from the base and should have been drilling at the top.
August 29, 2013
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer
MACHINERY
Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ground wet/damp from rain
Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE was working on the ledge. He slipped and came down on his knee it had rained the night before making the rock wet.
Blue Sky Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects
Employee was lifting drill steel out of hole when he pulled muscle in back. Proper lifting practices probably would have prevented accident. Impairment - ee was out of work 2 days unable to lift objects.
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