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November 21, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A EUCLID IN QUARRY,HAULING DIRT TO DUMP.TIRES ON TRUCK WERE CUTTING RUTS IN GROUND,SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PICK UP ROCKS TO FILL IN TRACKS.WHEN HE STARTED TO BEND OVER HE HAD A P AIN IN LOWER BACK AND HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

June 13, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE HAD REMOVED GEAR BOX FROM EUCLID I NAME & I NAME WAS MOVING GEAR BOX & DROPPED IT & IT BOUNCED ONTO TOE BRUISING TOE

January 5, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SCREEN HOUSE, RE-WIRING A BREAKER BOX AFTER MOTOR HAD SHORTED AND BURNED OUT. WHENEVER THEY SWITCHED BREAKER BACK ON, THE LID BLEW OFF THE BREAKER BOX STRIKING HIM BESIDE H IS RIGHT EYE.

July 28, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS ADJUSTING BRAKE ON SHOVEL USING A PUNCH.THE PUNCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT GEARS THROWING PUNCH AND THUMB INTO SHARP EDGE OF CAB CUTTING OFF THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

May 16, 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
Bassett Products Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS PUTTING TARP ON TRUCK LOADED WITH AG. LIME. ROPE BROKE & HE FELL TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT WRIST & SPRUNG HIS LEFT WRIST.

November 13, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING3TORQUE CONVERTER FROM SHOVEL. TORQUE CONVERTER POPPED OUT HITTING HIM ON FOOT KNOCKING HIM FROM CATWALK OF SHOVEL, LANDING ON GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS. TORQUE CON VERTER HIT GROU3D THEN BOUNCED UP HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

June 6, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS USING TH9 WRECKER TO MOVE A ROCK. THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE WRECKER WERE OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE CABLE ON THE WRECKER BROKE. WHEN THE CABLE BROKE, THIS TOOK THE PRESSURE OFF AND FRONT WHE ELS FELL TO THE3GROUND, JERKING THE DRIVER.

December 16, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND TWO 2THER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A CONVEYOR FOR A NEW READY MIX PLANT. THEY WERE RAISING THE CONVEYOR 31 INCHES OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR TO SET IT ON ITS FRAME WHERE IT WAS TO BE WELDED. THE LOA8ER OPERATOR PICKED THE CONVEYOR UP WITHT HE LOADER AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE FRAME I NAME TOLD II NAME AND III NAME TO HIT THE FRAME ONE OF EACH SIDE TO JAR IT INTO PLACE.

September 19, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING IN GARAGE USING A PORTABLE GRINDER TO GRIND THE SLAG OFF OF A PIECE OF METAL THAT GOES ON THE BOOM, THE GRINDER HUNG ON A BURR AND KICKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM C UTTING HIS ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST

August 13, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal strip operator MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME AND I.NAME PUTTING GEAR SEALS ON OUTSIDE GEARS OF SHOVEL. I.NAME SITTING IN SHOVEL SEAT WITH LOCK BRAKE LEVER ON.HE RAISED UP IN THE SEAT TO TELL I.NAME TO PUT GEAR SEAL ON TOP OF GEARS WHEN HE RAISED UP,HE KNOCKED BRAKE LOCK LEVER OFF.DIPPER FELL AND CABLE UNWOUND STRIKING I.NAME ON RIGHT CHEEK AND LEFT SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS WHERE HE FELL ON THE BOOM.

June 8, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A CRANK SHAFT UP TO PUT IN THE ENGINE OF A CEMENT TRUCK HE STRAINED HIS BACK

November 14, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD FILLED A GREASE GUN AND WAS PREPARING TO GREASE HIS T RUCK. HE BENT OVER HIS T RUCK AND STARTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN HIS HIP AND RIGHT LEG WENT NUMB, AND HE HAD CONSIDERABLE BACK PAIN.

November 9, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE DIPPER OF A LOADER TRYING TO ROLL A BEARING OUT ON THE GROUND.THE BEARING HIT SOMETHING AND ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND, CUTTING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

April 2, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CLUTCH IN THE SHOVEL. HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRIZE THE DRUM AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CAB OF THE SHOVEL AND THE BAR, CUTTING AND BREAK ING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

November 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS TAKING A TRACK DRILL APART. HE TOOK 2 BOLTS OUT OF THE DRILL AND RAISED THE HAMMER UP. WHEN HE RAISED THE HAMMER, ONE PIECE OF THE DRILL FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB, MASHING HIS THU MB AND BREAKING HIS DISTAL THUMB.

May 24, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING BELTS ON CRUSHER TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE PULLY ON THE CRUSHER, CUTTING HIS HAND IN SEVERAL PLACES.

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