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October 30, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDOME

June 17, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hart Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK CAB TURNED ANKLE

May 27, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING 60 LB HAMMERS WHICH ARE USED IN ?LIMEMILL.

December 26, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hart Stone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICE FALLING BACKWARDS.BROKE FALL WITH RIGHT ARM RESULTING IN SPRAINED WRIST.

October 1, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hart Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BACK TRUCK OVER STOCKPILE OVERTURNING HIT HIP AGAINST DOOR.

September 8, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THREE MEN WERE PULLING ON A 2 INCH WATER HOSE USED FOR FILLING WATER TRUCK THAT HAD BECOME IMBEDDED IN SOME MUD AND INJURED PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

February 8, 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
Hart Stone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ASSISTING IN STRIPING AN AR E A TO BE BLASTED FOR CRUSHING STONE

November 12, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING TRU7K AT BIN STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN SHORTNESS OF BREATH DIZZINESS AND PRESPIRING

August 8, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OR HELP3NG TO LIFT SHEET OF METAL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN GROIN.

October 8, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hart Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS AP1LYING STICK TYPE BELT DRESSING TO HEAD PULLEY OF FEED BELT ON CONVEYOR LEFT ARM BECAME ENTANGLED IN PULLEY AND WAS PULLED AROUND, BREAKING ARM AND CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS OF UPPER ARM AND 9LBOW.

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