| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Elberton | Ga | Eagle Granite Company | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to repair a saw when they slipped and fell approximately 4 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained a broken leg and a fractured knee. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Elberton | Ga | Baston Monuments, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was sawing wood block strips with a table saw and sustained a severe laceration across the top of the left arm. | |||||
| 2020-03-19 | Elberton | Georgia | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Forearm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was scrubbing the framework of a conveyor belt. The belt had been removed. The sprockets on the running shaft snagged the employee's jacket and pulled his arm between the framework and the shaft. The employee suffered lacerations and other injuries to the lower left arm and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-19 | Elberton | Georgia | Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While an employee was scrubbing the framework of a conveyor, their rain jacket was snagged by the sprockets on a running shaft. The employee's left arm was pulled between the framework and the shaft. The employee was hospitalized with lacerations and other injures to the lower left arm. | |||||
| 2020-03-12 | Elberton | Georgia | Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting and performing service and/or maintenance on equipment when an actuator valve engaged and caught the employee's finger. The left index finger was amputated. The equipment was not locked out/tagged out at the time. | |||||
| 2020-02-11 | Elberton | Georgia | Willis Dimension Stone | Fingertip(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| An employee was loading a truck with pieces of granite. A piece of granite rolled onto the employee's hand and amputated the end joint of his finger. | |||||
| 2019-04-24 | Elberton | Georgia | Matthew International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment |
| An employee was using a crane to load a truck with stacks of granite when one of the stacks broke and crushed three of his right-hand fingers, breaking them. His middle finger had to be amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2019-03-25 | Elberton | Georgia | Whitlow Electric Service Company Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was working on the top of a flatbed trailer when the employee slipped and fell from the edge of the trailer while coming down, suffering multiple leg fractures and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-05 | Elberton | Georgia | BURTON MONUMENT CO., INC. | Lower leg(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee suffered a shin burn when a fire occurred while he was re-fueling equipment in the horse barn. | |||||
| 2015-08-13 | Elberton | Georgia | Old South Granite Company | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was stacking pieces of granite about 4-feet high when the stack became top heavy and fell, crushing his left foot. | |||||
| 2015-03-16 | Elberton | Georgia | BUBBA FOODS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's left middle finger was amputated while repairing a wing machine with two other employees. | |||||
| 2015-01-05 | Elberton | Georgia | Boyd Granite Company, Inc. | Hand(s) | Exposure to electricity |
| Employee received electrical burns to the left hand while working on an electrical box. | |||||