Mining Incidents

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273,095
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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November 3, 2023 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cutting a hole in metal with a torch and the slag blew back and went under their eye protection. Employee sustained an eye injury to the ocular surface.

January 2, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A ROTARY HAMMER TO BREAK UP PACKED ROCK IN A BIN. HE WAS HOLDING HAMMER AGAINST HISCHEST WHILE IN USE.

October 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Nally & Gibson Georgetown, LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SCALING CEILING WHER A SMALL ROCK CAME THROUGH WINDOW OF SCALER AND HIT HIM ON LEFT HAND.

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