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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

August 6, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING COAL FROM MACK TRACTOR AND TRAILER ON COAL YARD AT PREP PLANT AT MINE SITE, WITH TRAILER RAISED TO 1ST OF 3 STAGES COAL IN BED SHIFTING AND TRAILER AND TRUCK OVERTURNED.

March 7, 1996 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Winn Construction Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

WAS LOADING PUMP HOUSING ON TO TRAILER. EE WAS GUIDING PUMP HOUSING WHEN EQUIPMENT BOOM HIT WIRES. ELECTRIC WENT THRU EQUIPMENT & PUMP HOUSING &WENT IN HIS RIGHT HAND & EXITED THRU RIGHT FOOT.

August 1, 1995 KY · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING SEALS IN A TRACK LINK, LINK WAS PSREAD APART WITH A HAND JACK, THE JACK SLIPPED OUT, CATCHING HIS FINGER IN THE TRACK LINK.

April 26, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK TURNED OVER WITH TRAILER FULLY EXTENDED WHEN A BIG WIND BLEW IT OVER. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT. FRACTURED RIBS FROM SLIDING INTO WINDSHIELD HANDLE.

January 4, 1995 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND MISSED THE STEP AND SPRUNG HIS HIP.

December 27, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE'S LEFT THIGH WAS STRUCK BY FLYROCK WHEN SHOT WAS DETONATED. BONE IN LEFT THIGH WAS BROKEN. LEFT LEG PLACED IN TRACTION WITH SURGERY TO FOLLOW.

November 15, 1994 KY · Coal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT BY HOOK OR NUT OFF OF WHEEL NOT ON MAC TRUCK. HE WAS USING BOOM ON MAC TRK TO PUT SPRING UNDER REAR OF TRK.

August 27, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF TRACTOR GOT DOWN ONTO TRACK STEPPED DOWN ON PUSH ARM STEPPED FOOT WENT BETWEEN PUSH ARM AND TRACK FRAM.

August 8, 1994 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS GREASING LOADER BOOM-STEPPED ACROSS BOOM ON TO RIGHT TIRE, SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RIGHT HAND AND BENT IT BACK TO FAR.

July 11, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HOSE ON TORCH SET BLEW OFF CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED MIDDLE FINGER.

July 10, 1994 KY · Coal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by powered moving object

FOREMAN WATCHING 994 LOADER GET OUT FROM BETWEEN TWO PIECE'S OF EQUIPMENT BACKING UP TALKING TO OPERATOR IN LOADER. HE WAS WALKING BEHIN DPICKUP WAS NOT WATCHING GOOD ENOUGH AND PICK UP BUMPE D INTO HIM DID NOT KNOCK HIM D OWN BUT HE THROWED HIS ARM OUT AND HIT TAIL GATE OF TRUCK.

June 9, 1994 KY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER LOADING A HOLE THE EE WAS PLACING THE AUGER BACK IN THE CRADLE OF THE BULK TRUCK. THE END OF THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE HANDLE ON THE AUGER AND THE TRUCK AS THE AUGER WAS BEING LOWERED ONTO THE CRADLE.THE BONE ON THE END OF MIDDLE FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND WAS BROKEN AND THE FINGERNAIL OF SAID FINGER TORN OFF.

May 12, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HANDS WERE GREASED, REACHED TO GRASB HANDRAIL, HANDS SLIPPED, LOST FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON LEFT SIDE OF HIP. TWISTED LEFT KNEE AND JARRED HIS BACK.

April 22, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from ladders

PERSON WAS CLIMBING A STEP ALDDER WITH TOOLS IN HAND. LADDER CLAPSED AND PERSON FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

April 7, 1994 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING DOZER CLOSE TO THE MUD WALL. MUD FELL FROM TOP OF WALL AND HIT DOZER AND GLASS. GLASS SHATTERED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON EYE BROW. BROKE GLASSES AND CUT BROW.

March 7, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON MOTORGRADER WHILE PICKING UP ONE END OF CUTTING EDGE ITSLIPPED OUT OF HANDS & FELL ON RT FOOT WHEN CUTTING EDGE STRUCK RT FOOT IT BROKE BIG TOE OF RT FOOT

February 25, 1994 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING RATCHET WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN HEAD.

February 25, 1994 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TORCH BURNE DLEG.

November 19, 1993 KY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

REACHING FOR WRENCH WHILE STANDING IN BUCKET OF BOB CAT TO REPLACE PIPE FLANGE, SLIPPED AND FELL FROM BUCKET.

November 9, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKIGN ON DRILL, METAL DUST BLEW INTO EYE.

November 2, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED HE THOUGHT MATERIAL HAND GOTTEN IN HIS EYE WHEN HAMMERING ON PUMP.

October 6, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING SEGMENT BOLT SON D10 DOZER WITH AIR-GUN AIR HOSE CAME OFF AIR GUN AIR PRESSURE TO GROIN AREA.

September 22, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNTRARPING A MACH TRUCK TARP HUNG ON BOLT. HE CLIMBED UP TO UNHAND TARP WHEN HE GOT OF FSTEPPED IN HOLE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

September 20, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAGGING WELDING LEAD AND TRIPPED OVER WELDING LEAD HANGER AND INJURED LOWER RIGHT LEG.

August 18, 1993 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ON SIDE OF TRAILER TO REMOVE BROKEN BOARD. EMPLOYEE GRUBBED NOSE BOARD AND BOARD BROKE. EMPLOYEE FELL OFF TRAILER.

August 16, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Winn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING DYNAMITE OUT OF DAY BOX AND MUST HAVE PICK UP BOX WRONG AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

July 26, 1993 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ELECTRICAL
Winn Construction Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

JUMPING BATTERY ON D-10 FROM L-9. WHEN CABLES WERE ATTACHED BATTERY ON L-9 BLEW UP IN EE'S FACE CAUSING EYES TO BURN.

July 22, 1993 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING TEETH ON A HOE USING A 20LB. SLEDGE HAMMER TEETH WEIGHING 80 - 100 LBS. EA.

June 24, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Winn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TRYING TO GET POWER OUT OF HOPPER BY HITTING THE SIDES AND PEACE OF STEAL GOT IN EYE.

May 6, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPEN IN HOLE IN WATER AND TWISTED LEG. PULLED LIGAMENTS IN LEFT LEG.

April 22, 1993 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Winn Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POPPING CAP ROCK GETTING PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES CAUSING STIFF NECK & PAIN IN RIGHT ARM.

February 18, 1993 KY · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Winn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING BOTTOM ROLLERS & PULLEYS FOR CONVEYOR BELT BELT CATCHING HEAD & RAMMAROUND PULLEY SMASHING HAND & WRIST LEFT HAND & WRIST

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