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February 5, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Gibson Quarries, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO PUT PINS IN DOZER, USING HEAVY JACKS & HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

December 27, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nally & Gibson Quarries, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS DISASSEMBLING THE CONVEYOR USING A HAMMER& PUNCH WHEN THE PIN CAME LOOSE. THE CONVEYOR SHIFTED & CAUGHT HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THEPUNCH & CATWALK.

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