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1983–2026
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November 9, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WELDING HAMMERS AND INHALED SMOKE FROM WELDER CONGESTION TO LUNGS AND DIZZINESS

August 29, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WAS CHANGING THE DRILL STEEL A PIECE OF STEEL FROM A COUPLING FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS RT ARM JUST BELOW HIS ELBOW

June 30, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMP. WAS DRILING WITH AIR TRACK ON LEDGE AND ROCK FELW AND STRUCK EMP. IN LEFT EYE. EMP. WORKED REST OF DAY AND FELT DISCOMFORT THAT NIGHT,, RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DASY AND TEN WENT TO DOCTOR.

April 1, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USINGA CUTTING TORCH TO CUT STEEL FOR FEEDER.MOLTEN STEEL DROPED IONTO HIS BOOT CAIAUSING A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.

August 18, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WE5DING ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SITE. STRUCTURE IN A BASKET OF A CHERRY PICKER. LEVER KNOCK HIM AROUND CAUSING HIS HAND TO GET CAUGHT AND TORE AWAY MEAT ON HIS THIRD FINGER.

August 15, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS CUTT3NG A PIECE OF METAL WHEN SMALL PIECE SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO PINCH LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

October 29, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING DRILL DOZER WHEN THROW OUT HOUSING BROKE FORCING CLUTCH LEVER INTO GROIN AND ABDOMEN

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