Workplace Injuries

• 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...

• 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...

• Construction Worker Injured at NKU

  Lee Coleman | November 28, 2006 6:39 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Friday afternoon a construction worker was injured in an accident at the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. The employee of Messer Construction was working on some demolition work for the new Student Union Building when some rebar he was cutting released a block that fell on his left arm. He jerked his arm out but tore the skin and exposed the muscle. Paramedics were...

• 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...

• Mine Accident in Burnwell Injures Two

  Lee Coleman | November 03, 2006 6:05 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  An equipment related accident injured two men when they were thrown from a conveyer belt they were taking apart. They were outside of a mined-out mine using torches to cut up an assembly belt when they were thrown off of it. The were contractors and employees of R & J Recycling out of Charleston, W. VA. The extent of the injuries were unknown. They were conscious and able to talk. One was flown...

• 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...

• Shelby County Deputy Involved In Accident With Train

  Lee Coleman | September 14, 2006 7:19 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Deputy Paul Dugle's cruiser was struck in the rear as he crossed the tracks just off Kings Highway in Waddy, KY. He was taken by ambulance to a local truck stop and flown to University of Louisville Hospital, where he was in critical but stable condition.Dugle had been at the firing range just north of the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks with Rice and other officers Friday morning. As his...

• Pikeville Worker Falls From 42 Feet and Survives

  Lee Coleman | September 02, 2006 7:13 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A Pikeville line mechanic fell Wednesday morning from 42 feet up a 55-foot telephone pole. He received extensive injuries to both wrist. He may or may not have been electrocuted, they were unable to fly him out due to bad weather conditions. He is a contractor for Kentucky Power a subsidiary of American Electric Power.Continue reading "Pikeville Worker Falls From 42 Foot Pole and Survives"

• 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...

• 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...