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April 27, 1999 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP PLANT-EE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

January 7, 1999 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP THE SIDE OF A CLAY PILE UNDER THE SHED TO GET SMAPLES. HE SLIPPED AND GRABBED A SUPPORT COLUMN TO KEEP FROM FALLING. HE CUT HIS LEFT HAN DON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL STICKI NG OUT FROM THE SUPPORT COLUMN.

December 3, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR WHEN A BOLT ON THE ARM REST BROKE & GAVE WAY. DRIVER FELL OUT OF CHAIR STRIKING HIS ELBOW AGAINST THE CONTROL PANEL. NO WITNESSES WERE PRESENT

May 9, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from piled material

A PALLET WAS HUNG IN THE PALLETIZER. THE MILL OPER WAS TRYING TO GET THE PALLET TO FALL. HE WAS USING A BAR AND HIS HAND SLIPPED. HE GOT HIS THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND PINCHED INBETWEEN THE PALLET IZER AND THE JAWS THAT HOLD THE PALLET.

September 19, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall down stairs

EE WAS ON THE PLATFORM BEHIND #2 BULK BAGGER HOOKING BAG TO LIFT TRUCK. AFTER HE HAD FINISHED AND WAS ON THE WAY DOWN THE STEPS, HIS LEFT BOOT CAUGHT ON THE STEP AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

April 8, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE HAD BEEN BAGGING HE WENT TO THE RESTROOM. HE CAME OUT AND WAS WALKING OUT TO STRETCH WRAP PALLETS WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

January 5, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS STANDING INSIDE THE HOPPER CAR CLEANING IT WHEN HE SAID HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

September 12, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET COOLING HOSE IN POSITION TO SET PROTECTIVE COVER OVER DRYER MOTOR. HE HAD LEFT FOOT ON AIR PIPE AND RIGHT FOOT ON PLENUM. WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE COOLING HOSE, H IS LEFT KNEE GAVE WAY AND HE FELL AGAINST THE DRYER. INJURED LEFT KNEE.

September 1, 1994 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE CATWALK GAVE AWAY AND HIS BOOTS HAD MUD ON THE SOLES.

August 22, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE OPERATOR WAS PUSHING A LUMP OF CLAY OUT OF THE HOPPER WHEN HE TURNED TO GET BACK ON THE LOADER HE SLIPPED & FELL THE FLOOR WAS SLICK IT HAD MUD & WATER I THE AREA

August 10, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK HAULING CLAY FROM THE DENTON MINE TO THE GLEASON PLANT. HE WAS CLIMBING BACK INTO THE TRUCK. WHILE CLIMBING, ONE OF HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF OF TOP STEP AND CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACK ONTO THE GROUND BELOW(APPROX 24'-30"). INJURED BACK BUT, PAIN IN HIPS, MIDDLE OF UPPER AND LOWER BACK AND SHOULDERS. NO WITNESS TO ACTUAL ACT, BUT EMPLOYEES WERE PRESENT TO ASSIST

October 28, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING SURVEY. HE WAS WALKING DOWNA SLOPE, SLIPPED AND FELL. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH ARM. HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN NECK.

October 18, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS WALKING ON WET CLAY AND FELL STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

June 16, 1993 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING TRUCK, FOOT SLIPED, KNEE HIT FUEL TANK.

May 12, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS PREPARING TO PUT A BOLT IN A BLUNGER BLADE. THE PLUNGER HAD BEEN PROPERLY WASHED OUT AND CARDBOARD HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE BOTTOM FOR TRACTION.EE WAS SQUATTING WHEN THE CARDBOARD SHIFTED CAUSING THE EE TO REACH BACKWARDS TO BALANCE HIS HAND ON THE BAFFLE.

May 5, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING POWER STEERING FLUID IN HIS TRUCK, HE SLIPPED & SCRAPED HIS LEG AGAINST TRUCK FRAME.

April 21, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF GRADER, STEPPED ON CLODOF DIRT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. DID NOT SEE THE DR. UNTIL SAT. APRIL 24. LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND SUPERVISOR. THE CLAIM WAS MAILED TO OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE CARRIER FOR PAY AFTER CHECKING ON ACCIDENT IT WAS DISCOVERED IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN W/C.

January 22, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING INSIDE OF HOPPER CAR: DUE TO MOISTURE IN CAR AND SEMI-DRY CLAY FROM PREV- IOUS LOADING. THE SURFACE WAS SLIPPERY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO SLIP AND HIT HIS KNEE.

September 3, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS ON THE HOOD OF THE TRUCK CLEANING THE WINDSHIELD, WHIKLE WAITING FOR THE TRUCK TO BE LOADED. AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE TRUCK OVER THE SIDE OF THE HOOD, HE HAD ONE FOOT ON THE TIRE AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE HUB. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE TIRE CAUSIGN HIM TO LAND HARD ON THE GROUND ON ONE FOOT AND FALL OVER BACKWARDS ON THE GROUND.

August 29, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REMOVED COVER FROM REJECT DITCH IN ORDER TO CLEAN IT OUT. THEN HE WENT TO DUMP THE REJECT HOPPER LEAVING THE COVER OFF THE DITCH. WHEN HE RETURNED TO REPLACE THE COVER, HE STEPPED INT O THE DITCH AND FELL.

August 10, 1992 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FLOOR WET & HE WAS WALKING AND SLIPPED DOWN TWICE AND HURT KNEE.

July 6, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE PULLED LOADER UP TO SWEEP OUT BOXCAR, STEPPED OUT OF CAB ONTO TIRE TO CROSS LOADER BUCKET TO GET INTO BOXCAR, SLIPPED AND FELL INTO BUCKET HITTING HIS ARM.

May 4, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

EMPL DISMOUNTING FROM PAYLOADER TO CHECK ON BELT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON GROUND BREAKING LEFT LEG IN 2 PLACES.

November 18, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT HAD BEEN RAINING & AS EMPL STEPPED ACROSS RAILROAD TRACK HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIP.

October 8, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WALKING FROM MILL TO LOCKER ROOM STEPPED INTO HOLE CAUSING RIGHT ANKLE TO BE SPRAINED.

September 18, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall down stairs

SHE WAS GOING TO THE BASEMENT TO GET A SUPPLY OF PAPER BAGS AND SLIPPED ON WET CLAY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AND SHE FELL.

August 27, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING BACKHOE AND STEPPED UP ON ANOTHER STEOP AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED, TWISTING KNEE, HITTING KNEE ON NEXT STEP.

May 9, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STEPPING UP INTO PAYLOADER AND ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF HAND RAIL AND HE TWISTED HIS BODY.

March 14, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWISTED & SPRAINED FOOT WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER ON TANK CAR. FOOTING WAS NOT SECURE BEFORE EMPL PLACED WIEGHT ON FOOT.

September 25, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS STEPPING UP ON TRUCK FRAME FROM FUEL TANK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED, AND HUNG ON FRAME OF TRUCK WHEN HE FELL.

March 3, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING MILL PLOW ASS. ONTO PALLET LOST BALANCE FELL OVR WITH PLOW ASS. LNADING ON L. HAND HAND MASHED.

November 4, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING HIS LOADER & SLIPPED & FELL

March 31, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING CLAY OFF BOOTS AT THE END OF SHIFT,WHEN HE FINISHED AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY,HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

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