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March 24, 2023 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
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.

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

April 9, 2011 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.

September 8, 2010 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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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