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March 23, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISLODGING ROCK IN FEEDER OF PRIMARY PLANT AND ROCK FELL OVER ON LEFT FOOT AND MASHED BIG TOE AND CUT TOE.

October 1, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING COME-A-LONG TO LIFT ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HURT BACK.

September 16, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WHITTLING ON PIECE OF WOOD & KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT THUMB & MIDDE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

January 16, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING LUG BOLTS ON WHEEL AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN MOUTH.

October 10, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pace Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING LUG BOLTS ON REAR TRUCK WHEEL WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND EMPLOYEE FELL OVER TIRE HAMMER.

September 18, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pace Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING COIL SPRING FROM LEFT FRONT SIDE OF EUCLID. COIL SPRING SLIPPED CATCHING EMPLOYEE LEFT HAND BETWEEN SPRING AND FRONT AXLE.

February 13, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING NUT FORM BOLT WRENCH SLIPPED HIT EMP ABOE R. EYE BROW EMP DROVE SELF TO HOSP TREATED AND RELEASED.

April 9, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING THE TIE ROD ON A EUCILD OFF THE ROAD HAULER. WHEN THE TIE ROD FELL STRICKING THE EMPLOYEES FOREHEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

July 14, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING UP THE WALKWAY ON THE #2 CONVEYOR TO OIL A DRIVE CHAIN. THERE WAS A SMALL ROCK ON THE WALKWAY THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE ROCK. RESULTING IN THE TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

October 13, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DI8LODGING A ROCK FROM A CRUSHER CHUTE ROCK FELL FROM FEEDER STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT ARM THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED DR SAID HE HAD A MASHED NERV E IN THE LEFT A9M TO THE THUMB

July 27, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Pace Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

AN EMPLOYEE PROPED UP THE BED WITH FACTORY INSTALLED SAFETY LATCH PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 6X6 BLOX EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO WELD BED AND THE BED FELL CUTTING EMPLOYEES HEAD & BRUISING HIS LEFT SHO ULDER HE WAS TAKEN TO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN GLSAGOW TREATED AND RELEASED HE HAS TO RETURN TO THE DR FOR CHECK UPS

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