Workplace Injuries

• Miner Injured On Conveyor Belt

  Daryl T. Dixon | October 03, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Saline County Central Dispatch received a call at 12:07 that a miner was trapped on a conveyor belt at American Coal mine on Thursday. Harrisburg Fire Department brought in a ladder truck soon...

• Plant Fined After Man Loses Both Arms

  Lee Coleman | June 14, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  $88,500.00 is what a Jefferson County company is being fined after an accident in January left an employee without both arms. The company Six Sigma Incorporated of Jeffersontown has 15 days to appeal to the Kentucky Department of Labor. Employees according to state law can sue employers for a workplace injury if they can prove the company intended for them to be harmed. Six Sigma was found to...

• McKee Tree Trimmer Dies In Fall From Bucket Truck

  Lee Coleman | June 04, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A 20 year old McKee resident fell 40 feet to his death Saturday from the bucket of a tree trimming truck. The truck he was working from trimming trees apparently hit a ditch and overturned. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jackson County deputy coroner. Another person who was in the bucket at the time of the accident was sent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center where he was...

• Mercer Plant Crane Accident Claims Life

  Lee Coleman | April 24, 2007 6:06 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday morning a worker was killed in an accident at the Kentucky Utilities E. W. Brown Generating Station Plant in Mercer County. Few details have been released but apparently a worker died when a crane fell on him. Officials would not confirm the identity of the worker or the cause of the accident. This is the same plant a worker died in last month when he fell from a transmission tower at the...

• Mount Sterling Plant Accident Leaves One Dead

  Lee Coleman | April 11, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Monday night a 43 year old Clay City woman was working at Lexington Metals when she was struck in the neck by a piece of steel. She was operating a 1,000 ton machine press that makes bumper parts when a piece broke in the machine. The broken piece shattered when the machine was lowered and a piece hit her on the left side of the neck. The incident happened about 10:10 p.m. She was sent to Mary...

• 199 CSX Safety Violations

  Lee Coleman | April 04, 2007 6:14 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  That was the findings federal inspectors found days after two train crashes in Kentucky. The violations were in the 23 states that the company serves. A state breakdown of violations is not available right now but the list was long. Defective rails, track repairs not made that were known to have problems, cars with loose closures and improper documentation papers. Inspectors have recommended...

• Corbin CTA Plant Fire Sends Four To Hospital

  Lee Coleman | March 14, 2007 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Early Wednesday morning a fire broke out at the CTA manufacturing plant in Corbin. The fire broke out about 4 a.m. sending four workers to the hospital. It is unknown at this time the extent of the injuries. The fire was in a high risk area of the plant. The company makes thermal and acoustic insulation for use in cars and trucks. In February 2003 the CTA plant had an explosion that took the...

• Pikeville Miner Killed in Mining Accident

  Lee Coleman | March 13, 2007 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A 48 year old Pikeville man was killed Monday in a mining accident around 4:10 p.m. He was operating an excavator at Double E Augering Mine #3 in the Steele community in eastern Pike County. The machine apparently overturned, killing him. This is the first mining death of 2007, sixteen miners were killed in Kentucky in 2006. Five of those were from a methane gas explosion in Harlan County in...

• Improved Safety For Social Workers Wins House Approval In Kentucky

  Lee Coleman | March 03, 2007 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  After the tragic death last October of Boni Frederick, a social service aid in Kentucky, who was fatally beaten and stabbed when she took a child for a home visit with it's mother in Henderson, a bill has finally been passed that should improve workers safety. The "Boni Frederick Bill" passed calling for about 4.8 million to hire 33 aids, and 76 social workers and clerical staff over the next 16...

• Kentucky Among The Worst With Disabilities

  Lee Coleman | February 05, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Kentuckians with disabilities are growing in numbers according to an article in the Courier-Journal. Only West Virginia ranks higher in it's percentage of people with disabilities. According to the U.S. Census nearly one in four Kentuckians has a mental, physical, sensory or self-care disability. Almost 23 percent of adult residents are limited in activities because of disabilities."Some get...