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September 12, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF SIDE OF LOADER BUCKET HIST TIRE & THEN HIT EMPL ON LEFT ARM.

August 18, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE HAULING MATERIAL (SHOT ROCK) OPERATOR HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD & LOST CONTROL OF HAUL UNIT WHEN HE RAN INTO THE BERM THER TRUCK WENT UPON & OVER THE BERM INTO 15FT TO 20FT OF WATER LATER IN VESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE STEERING ON THE TRUCK WENT OUT

November 30, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST6FFING INSULATION IN A CRACK BETWEEN LOADER CAB AND CAB MOUNT BYDASH PANEL LOADER HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSING CAB TO BOUNCE, CATCHING EMPLOYEES FINGER.

November 3, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING EUCLID WATER TRUCK UNDERGROUND. HE PULLED INTO PATH OF 35 TON MACK HAULER. HAULER HIT LEFT SIDE OF WATER TRUCK, BENDING DOOR INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.

November 3, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall from machine

AFTER LOADING B5GS OF ANFO IN BACK OF TRUCK INJURED RODE ON TOP OF BAGS A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE CAPS HOUSE WHEN BAGS SLID CAUSING INJURED TO FALL FROM BACK OF VEHICLE INJUREDS HEAD HIT THE MI NE FLOOR CAUSIN1 A LACERATION TO THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF HEAD

September 23, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME AT PUG M3LL CLEANING HEAD PULLEY.TOLE EMPL TO START CONVEYOR BLET.I.NAME HAD WIRE BRUSH IN RIGHT HAND IT WAS BEISDE FRAME OF HEAD PULLET WHEN BELT WAS TURNED ON IT JERKED WIRE BRUSH INT O HEAD PULLEY W3TH RIGHT HAND WENT BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND PULLEY.IT CUT MIDDLE FINGER AND BRUISE HAND MIDDLE FINGER NEED SUTURES.

September 21, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL TRAVELING 6NDER CONVEYOR BLET TO CUT WATER DOWN USE FOR DUST CONTROL.ROCK CAME OFF BELT COLLIDING WITH HARD HAT.AS ROCK HIT HAT THE BAND BROKE,HAT PUSHED DOWN ON HIS BROW CAUSING LACERATI ON TO FOREHEAD.4 STITCHES NEEDED AND ALSO TETNUS SHOT.

March 2, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING A PIECE OF ROCK HIT THE BASKET ON THE STRATO TOWER. AND THROWING EMPLOYEE OVER AGAINST THE RAIL OF THE BASKET.

August 1, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS BACKING3PAYHAULER ONT STOCKPILE STOCKPILE GAVE WAY CAUSING PAYHAULER TO TURN ON ITS SIDE

June 11, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEAD TURNED IN BINDING POSITION PULLED MUSCLE IN NECK.HE WAS BACKING DOWN LIME PILE AND HAD HEAD TURNED IN BINDING POSITION.

April 8, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING ONTO STOCKPILE WHILE BACKING UP STOCKPILE GAVE WAY TURNING TRACK TO FLIP ONTO ITS TOP.

February 25, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING CONVEYOR BELT TO SEE IF IT WAS FREE. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING SHEAVE ON HEAD PULLEY DRIVE THE CONVEYOR BELT ROLLED BACK, PINNING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN SHEAVE AND GEAR REDUCER, CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE INDEX FINGER.

September 17, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall from machine

BACKED TRUCK UP ON STOCKPILE, ENGINE DIED, THE TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD DOWN THE STOCKPILE, DRIVER JUMPED OUT AND FELL ON HAND.

June 19, 1984 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF HAUL ROAD.TRUCK WAS HALF FULL WITH WATER WHEN RIGHT SIDE WENT OFF ROAD.WATER SHIFTED CAUSING IT TO TURN ONTO SIDE.TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

October 11, 1983 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by falling object

RIP RAP CONVEYOR HAD STALLED BECAUSE OF ROCK IN TAIL PULLEY. EE PUT RIGHT HAND ON CONVEYOR FRAME & WAS GETTING THE ROCK OFF WITH LEFT HAND. A ROCK FELL FROM CONVEYOR BELT HITTING HIS RIGHT HAN D.

June 9, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SETTING ELECTRIC MOTOR ON END OF LIME CONVEYOR. WITH A FRONT END LOADER. FRONT END LOADER BROKE END OF CONVEYOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

June 9, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall from machine

WAS SETTING ELECTRIC MOTOR ON AG. LIME CONVEYOR WITH FRONT-END LOADER. FRONT-END LOADER BROKE CONVEYOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

May 31, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

TRYING TO FREE CONVEYOR BELT WITH A BAR,BELT CAUGHT HIS GLOVE PULLING HAND IN CONEYOR BELT ROLLER.

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