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March 26, 1998 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES: UNLOADING POWER BIN INTO SHOT TRUCK. WORKED FOR AN HOUR HITTING THE BIN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER TO RELEASE THE PRODUCT. HE CLIMBED DOWN TRUCK & AS HE CAME TO THE GROUND HE FELT SHARP PAI N IN HIS RIGHT CHEST & SHOULDER. HE BECAME HOT & SICK TO HIS STOMACH. ON THE WAY HOME HE STARTED TO VOMIT & SAID HE WAS HURTING IN HIS LEFT ARM. HE THEN WAS TAKEN TO THE ER IN MADISONVILLE, K

September 30, 1992 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNKNOWN-EMPL RECD HEAD INJURY.

March 26, 1991 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS LETTING DOWN LIGHTS ON LIGHT PLANT WIND WAS BLWING HARD AND BLEW DOOR SHOT CAUGHT HAND IN IT.

June 18, 1990 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LEFT WORK EARLY COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS WHEN EMPLOYEE GOT HOME, HE SAID HE HAD A HEART ATTACK.

December 6, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THE OPERATOR WAS PUSHING SPOIL WITH DOZER.A GUST OF WIND BLEW DIRT IN THE RIGHT EYE.

October 18, 1989 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

IT WAS A COLD WINDY DAY PUSHING SPOIL INTO THE WIND. HE WAS WEARING GLASSES WITH NO SIDE PANELS. THE WIND GUSTED & BLEW SAND & SMALL ROCK IN HIS EYES.

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