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1983–2026
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November 21, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A EUCLID IN QUARRY,HAULING DIRT TO DUMP.TIRES ON TRUCK WERE CUTTING RUTS IN GROUND,SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PICK UP ROCKS TO FILL IN TRACKS.WHEN HE STARTED TO BEND OVER HE HAD A P AIN IN LOWER BACK AND HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

November 13, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING3TORQUE CONVERTER FROM SHOVEL. TORQUE CONVERTER POPPED OUT HITTING HIM ON FOOT KNOCKING HIM FROM CATWALK OF SHOVEL, LANDING ON GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS. TORQUE CON VERTER HIT GROU3D THEN BOUNCED UP HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

November 9, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE DIPPER OF A LOADER TRYING TO ROLL A BEARING OUT ON THE GROUND.THE BEARING HIT SOMETHING AND ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND, CUTTING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

November 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS TAKING A TRACK DRILL APART. HE TOOK 2 BOLTS OUT OF THE DRILL AND RAISED THE HAMMER UP. WHEN HE RAISED THE HAMMER, ONE PIECE OF THE DRILL FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB, MASHING HIS THU MB AND BREAKING HIS DISTAL THUMB.

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