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March 13, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS SHOVELING AROUND TAIL/HEAD PIECE OF CONVEYOR WHEN ROCK STRUCK FROM ABOVE.

September 1, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING UP LOADER FRONT AXEL MOUNT BROKE CAUSING LOADER TO DROP DOWN 2-3' JARRING EE . EE WAS WEARING SEAT BELT.

July 18, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS EXITING HAUL UNIT TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON 3RD RUNG OF LADDER CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HANDRAIL WITH LEFT HAND CAUSING BODY TO TURN AND HIT FLOOR BOARD OF TRUCK.

November 23, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAUL UNIT TRUCK DRIVER DRIVING R22 IN ROUTE TO PARK TRUCK FOR SECOND SHIFT TO BEGIN INJURED EE AND OTHER EE WERE STANDING AND TALKING IN ROADWAY TRUCK COULD NOT STOP IN TIME RUNNING OVER EE S LEFT LEG FROM KNEE DOWN.

February 11, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

INJURY ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE ON 2/11/91 AND EMPLOYEE WORKED THEN 2/15/91. INJURY WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 2/17/91. EMPLOYEE VISITED CHIROPRACTOR AFTER WORK ON 2/15/91. EMPLOYEE CAME TO WORK ON 2/ 25 & 2/26/91 ON 2/26/91 EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR WARD AND CO WAS NOTIFIED EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY HAD A PULLED MUSCLE. EMPLOYEE ATTENDED ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING ON 3/5/91 WHICH HE WAS PD FOR AT PRESEN

December 20, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPER FRONT END LOADER SHUT DOOR ON HAD PAIN MDE HIM FAINT

September 12, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING A 773 ROCK TRUCK ONTO AN ELEVATED SURGE DUMP WHEN THE EDGE COLLAPSED.SUBJECT WAS AT LEAST 10 FEET FROM SAFETY BERM.THE TRUCK THEN FELL BACKWARDS LANDING UPSIDEDOWN.EMPLOYE E WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS.

February 23, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS BEING LOADED IN PIT WHEN PIT LOADER LOADED BIG ROCK ON EUCLID CAUSING TRUCK TO SWERVE THROWING ;EMPL INTO SIDE OF DOOR.

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