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February 6, 1991 KY · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PUTTING BRAKE ADJUSTER ON D-9 DOZER CABLE SLIPPED ON DRUM AND MASHED TIP OF FINGER.

December 2, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING REPLACE A SCREEN IN THE SCREENING PLANT. SCREEN SLIPPED CUTTING TIP OFF OF EMPLOYEE S INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

July 28, 1987 KY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Middle Kentucky Construction Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ARING GROUND WITH BULLDOZER DOZER STRUCK TREE LIMB BREAKING HYDRAULIC HOSE AND WINDSHIELD HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM BROKEN HOSE SPRAYED INTO TURBOCHARGER CAUSING FLASH FIRE AND FLUI D CAME IN BROKE3 AREA OF WINDSHIELD BURNING EMPLOYEE ON RT ARM

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