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Years on record
1983–2026
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March 8, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR WHEN OVEREXERTING HE STRAINED HIS BACK, & BRUISED HIS CHEST.

March 5, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT CRUSHER & CUT HAND ON BAR.

August 20, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE AND RIGHT HAND WAS STRUCK WITH 4" BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED.

May 20, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING BELT UP OFF CONVEYOR WITH A BAR WHEN HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND BAR STRUCK HIM.

May 16, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN I BEAM STOOD UPRIGHT AND A 30 TON JACK WERE BEING USED TO LEVEL THE CRUSHER. THE BEAM KICKED OUT UNDER PRESSURE AND STRUCK EE ON THE THIGH, CAUSING A LACERATION TO RIGHT UPPER THIGH.

September 7, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PULLING BOULDER FROM CRUSHER WHEN EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO REPOSITION CHAIN. A ROCK ROLLED DOWN FROM ABOVE SMASHING FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK. LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED AT THE SECOND JOINT .

August 3, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

CHANGING SCREENS ON PLANT WAS BEATING ON RAILS WITH HAMMER TO HELP TIGHTEN THEM DOWN EMPL WAS STRUCK IN EYE WITH A SMALL PIECE OF METAL

March 15, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEFT HAND WITH KNIFE WHILE CUTTING ELECTRICAL WIRE CUT REQUIRED 9 STITCHES & WAS GIVEN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR PAIN & ANTI-BIOTIC

October 27, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BOOMING DOW3 LOAD BOOMER SNAPPED BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ACROSS CHEST AND UNDER SIDE OF CHIN AND JAW

January 12, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING ON 5TH WHEEL ON SCREEN PLANT PIN SLIPPED & CUT FINGER

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