ROCK WAS BLASTED IN UNDERGROUND MINE. UPON RETURNING TO WORK ON 8-22-88 WHILE PERFORMING HIS DAILY INSPECTION THE MINE FOREARM NOTICED THAT A PART OF THE ROOF ADJACENT TO BLAST AREA HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOOR. NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE ROCK HAD FALLEN SAME TIME AFTER BLASTING ON FRIDAY & WHEN HE RETURNED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. THERE WAS NO ONE WORKING ON OR IN THE MINE DURING THE WEEKEND
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Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries
January 31, 1986
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object
EMP WAS CLEANIN1 FEEDER WHEN ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND HIT HIS LEG
April 8, 1985
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Camp Nelson Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ROCK WAS HUING IN FEEDER EE ATTEMPTED TO FREE RO CK HAND GOT CAUGHT IN FEEDER & CUT OFF ENDS OF 3 FINGERS ON RT HAND.
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