Bourbon Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Walking into mine opening & slipped on thin layer of ice, falling to the ground fracturing lt. leg.
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February 9, 2009
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bourbon Limestone Company · Struck by falling object
Replacing rt side bushing of a transmission on a Komatsu WA500 loader. Transmission fell 1 1/2 inches and smashed rt thumb in between the mounting brackets. The thumb was cut off @ 1st knuckle.
July 11, 2005
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Bourbon Limestone Company · Struck by falling object
LOOSE ROCK FELL FROM ROOF & STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RT. SHOULDER WHILE LOADING A SHOT FROM THE MANLIFT. EE WAS EXAMINED AT THE HOSPITAL, HE HAD TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS RT. SHOULDER.
September 14, 2004
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
POWERED HAULAGE
Bourbon Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS EXITING MINE AT END OF SHIFT. EE'S PICKUP TRUCK STALLED (QUIT) COMING UP SLOPE. SERVICE TRUCK WAS SUMMONED TO TOW PICKUP. EE WAS ASSISTING HOOKING SERVICE TRUCK TO PICKUP. THE SERVICE TRUCK SLID IN GRAVEL AND PINNED EE'S RIGHT LEG BETWEEN SERVICE TRUCK AND PICKUP.
Bourbon Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object
EE STATED THAT PRIOR TO STARTING DOWN GRADE INTO MINE, HE TRIED THE BRAKE AND THEY WERE OKAY. HE SHIFTED INTO 1 ST GEAR AND STARTED OVER. THE LOADER JUST TOOK OFF. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP IT AND I CUT IT INTO THE WALL AND JUMPED OUT. EE SUFFERED LACEATION BEHIND RIGHT EAR, STRAIN RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIB CAGE AND FRACTURED VERTEBRAS.
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