Kentucky updates in category: Workplace Injuries

$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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The demolition of the Continental Inn in Lexington caused serious injury to a worker yesterday. According to the Lexington Fire Department who responded to the scene, the man was injured when a concrete slab fell from the ceiling, the slab was 3-5 inches thick and 6 by 15 feet across. He had a very serious injury to his foot as he was trapped for around an hour while firefighters worked to free...

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...

An early morning accident Tuesday claimed the life of a Kimper man. The accident happened near the Kellogg's "Cookie" factory shortly before 6 a.m. on KY 194 in Kimper. The man apparently crossed the center line while he was traveling east and struck a 1986 Mack Coal truck that was traveling westbound on KY 194. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner. Both drivers were...

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...

Tuesday morning turned deadly for a Bowling Green police officer responding to a call for help from a female who reported someone wielding a knife. Rojelio Gonzalez-Pacheo was armed with two knives when he attacked Officer David Whitson. Other responding police officers used deadly force to protect Officer Whitson, Whitson and Gonzalez were both shot. They were transported to the Medical Center...

Early Tuesday morning in downtown Catlettsburg two train engines collided injuring 4 crew members of CSX Railroad sending them to the hospital. CSX Railroad did not release the names or condition of the workers although Catlettsburg police said the injuries appeared to be minor. There were two locomotives on each train with no rail cars attached to either. One locomotive derailed, the other...