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1983–2026
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April 23, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF HIS HAULING UNIT. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

May 18, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING PAY HULER HAULING WASTE TO FILL IN HOLES IN THE MAIN HAUL ROAD. EMPLOYEE STOPPED TRUCK AND GOT OUT OF CAB AND STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK CAUSING ANKLE TO TURN PULLING LIGAMENT N ANKLE.

February 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO GAIN ACCESS TO PLATFORM OF STEDMAN MILL WHICH HE WAS OPERATING THE PLATFORM IS APPROX 1 1/2 FT FROM THE GROUND USING HIS RIGHT FOOT FIRST HE STEPPED ONTO PLATFORM WH ERE HIS FOOT HIT SOME FINE STONE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP HIS LEFT LEG HIT THE METAL FRAME OF MILL APPROX 5IN ABOVE HIS ANKLE CAUSING A HAIRPIN FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG

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