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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.

June 13, 1989 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 falling object

HE HAD REMOVED GEAR BOX FROM EUCLID I NAME & I NAME WAS MOVING GEAR BOX & DROPPED IT & IT BOUNCED ONTO TOE BRUISING TOE

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.

December 16, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND TWO 2THER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A CONVEYOR FOR A NEW READY MIX PLANT. THEY WERE RAISING THE CONVEYOR 31 INCHES OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR TO SET IT ON ITS FRAME WHERE IT WAS TO BE WELDED. THE LOA8ER OPERATOR PICKED THE CONVEYOR UP WITHT HE LOADER AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE FRAME I NAME TOLD II NAME AND III NAME TO HIT THE FRAME ONE OF EACH SIDE TO JAR IT INTO PLACE.

June 8, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A CRANK SHAFT UP TO PUT IN THE ENGINE OF A CEMENT TRUCK HE STRAINED HIS BACK

November 14, 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 · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD FILLED A GREASE GUN AND WAS PREPARING TO GREASE HIS T RUCK. HE BENT OVER HIS T RUCK AND STARTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN HIS HIP AND RIGHT LEG WENT NUMB, AND HE HAD CONSIDERABLE BACK PAIN.

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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