An EE was in the process of cutting a vertical wall cut using a Sky stone wire saw. The saw had been running at normal startup amps. During this time the employee walked behind the saw at the exact time the diamond wire failed and struck the employee on EE's right leg. Causing a laceration to the mid thigh. After physician consultation amputation near the knee was completed.
Eagles Danburg Quarry Inc Metal/Non-Metal
Polycor Georgia Granite Quarries Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Polycor Inc
Tignall, GA,
Wilkes County,
GA
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0901224
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2014–2026
- Latest incident
- May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,763
proposed penalties
$1,481
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q3 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,283 | 1 | 0 | 779.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2026 · 1 incident
Polycor Georgia Granite Quarries Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2017 · 1 incident
Eagles Danburg Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object
The quarry crew was putting up the Christmas tree. Employee was tapping on the wedge used to stabilize equipment when a piece of the wedge chipped off and went through pants leg and penetrated leg.
2016 · 1 incident
Eagles Danburg Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Coupler hit employee on cheek.
2014 · 1 incident
Eagles Danburg Quarry Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
Pinched right thumb.