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EE WAS POSITIONING A BROKEN PIECE OF A CAT 992 BELL CRANK (APPROX 200 LBS) WITH AN OVERHEAD HOIST. AS THE BELL CRANK MADE CONTACT WITH THE SHOP FLOOR SLACK IN THE CHAIN ALLOWED IT TO BECOME UN HOOKED, WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE PIECE THEN SHIFTED AND FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURE OF THE LEFT GREAT TOE.

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT HAS CAUSE DHIM A GRADUAL WORSENING OF BACK PAIN HOWEVER HIS PHYSICIAN FEELS IT COULD BE CAUSED BY ALL OF THE LIFTING HE HAS TO DO AT W ORK.

EE WAS CARRYING SURVEY EQUIPMENT FROM MANTRIP TO POWER CENTER. HE WAS BEN OVER AND WALKING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE AND SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS FUELING A 789B ENDDUMP AT LUNCH IN THE SOUTHPIT. THE 789B WAS EQUIPPED WITH A WIGINS FASTFUELING FITTING. THE QUICK FEUL COUPLER DIDN'T DISENGAGE, CAUSING THE FUEL TO SPRAY INTO HIS EYE S. FIRST AID WAS ADMISNISTERD AT THE TIME, EE WAS TAKEN TO THE TERRE HAUTE REGIONAL HOSP WHERE HE EYES WERE FLUSHED. HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTIONFOR 10% SODIUM SULAMYD.

EE WAS FUELING A 922 LOADER IN THE PIT. THE QUICK FUEL COUPLER DIDN'T DISENGAGE CAUSING THE FUELTO OVERFLOW INTO HIS FACE & EYES. FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE MINE. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE GR EENE CO HOSP WHERE HIS EYES WERE FLUSHED & BAND AGED. HE WAS GIVEN A RX FOR SULF-10 SULFACETAMIDE SODIUM OPTHALMIC SOLUTION

HE WAS PUTTING BOLTS IN A COAL HAULER DRAG. THERE WAS A CURTAIN HUNG ON ONE END OF THE DRAG. HE WAS STANDING UPRIGHT TRYING TO FREE THE CURTAIN WHEN HE WALKED INTO A BROW JAMMING HIS NECK.

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A ROM SHAKER DRIVE BELT WHEN THE BELT SLIPPED PINCHING THE TIP OF EE S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. EE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DAVIESS CO HOSPITAL WHERE X RAYS WERE TAKEN NEGAT IVE. THE LACERATION REQUIRED TWO STITCHES AND HEWAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR KEFLEX.

EE NOTIFIED HIS MAINT. SUPERVISOR THAT HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE HE WAS CHECKING THE OIL ON A DOZER AT LUNCH SERVICE TIME. FIRST AID ADMININISTERED, FURTHER MEDICAL ATTENTION REFUSED. TEN DAYS LATER IT WAS STILL BOTHERING HIM, & HE WASTAKEN TO MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS GIVEN AN ELASTIC SLEEVE TO WEAR AND RESTRICTED TO NO CLIMBING.

EE WAS IN PROCESS OF PULLING OFF A SPOOL SOME HOSE TO MAKE UP SOME EXTRA HYDRAULIC HOSES. HE WAS STANDING IN A CROSSCUT NEAR THE SECTION SHOP TRUCK &IN FRONT OF THE SPOOL OF HOSE. HE TWISTED & TURNED HIS BODY AS HE GRABBED THE END OF THE HOSE & WAS PULLING SOME OF THE HOSE OFF. HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AS PART OF THIS MOTION. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE BY MINE MANAGER

EE WAS HANDLING I-BEAMS FROM AN OVRCAST. AS HE WAS LAYING THE BAM DOWN HIS FINNGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BEAMS RESULTING IN SWELLING AND CONTUSION TO THE FINGER NEAR THE KNUCKLE. THIS EVENT OCC URRED ON SATURDAY 51-7-97. HE DID NOT REPORT TO WORK FOR MONDAY'S SHIFT 5-19-97 BECAUSE OF THE PAIN IN HIS FINGER. HE SAW THE DR ON MONDAY AND RETURN TO WORK FOR TUESDAY'S SHIFT 5-20-97.

HE WAS REPLACING THE STRUTS AND BEARINGS ON A FOR PICK-UP IN THE SHOP. DIRT FELL FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK. A SMALL PARTICLE LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE OBJECT WAS REMOVED. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION (FREE SAMPLE) OF OXAMYCIN EYE OINTMENT.

EE WAS MOVING BOLTER SUPPLIES THRU A MAN-DOOR WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE FININSHED HIS SHIFT & WORKED THE NEXT DAY. HE ASKED TO SEE A DR BECAUSE THE DSCOMFORT CONT IN INCREASE HE WENT TO DR ON 5/15/97 & DR PLACED HIM OFF WORK FOR 3 DAYS TO REST HIS BACK. THE BOLTER SUPPLIES WAS FOR A BOLTER DOING REHAB WORK IN THE MAIN WEST RETURN ENTRIES.

THE MINER WAS BACKING UP OUT OF A PLACE EE WAS WATCHING THE MINER CABLE TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING RUN OVER HE TOOK HIS FOOT AND PULLED THE MINER CABLE TO ONE SIDE. AFTER THIS EVENT HE NOTICED A TIGHTENESS AND PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS GROIN. HE COULD NOT RECALL ANY OTHER EVENT THAT PUT ANY STRAIN ONHIM THAT SHIFT. HE THOUGHT THE DISCOMFORT WOULD GO AWAY AFTER FEW DAYS HE STATED

EE WAS WORKING AT THE FACE HANGING CURTAINS WHENHE FELT SOMETING IN HIS EYE. EE RINSED EYE OUT AT WORK BUT IT STILLKEP BOTHERING HIM. AFTER SHIFT EE WENT TO GOOD SAM ER. THEY SAID THEY COULD N OT FIND ANYTHING IN EYE, BUT EYE APPEARED TO BE RED & HAD A SCRATCH. EE WENT TO SEE DR NEXT DAYAND DR SAID EYE APPEARED TO HAVE SMALL BLISTER ONIT & IT WOULD TAKE COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE IT STA

AT END OF SHIFT DRIVER WAS DISMOUNTING FROM TRUCK, AS SHE DESENTED TO THE GROUND, SHE STRUCK HER ELBOW ON THE TRUCK BUMPER. SHE COMPLAINED OF PAIN WITH STIFFNESS AND SLIGHT SWELLING OCCURING. WHEN MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS ADMINSTRATED, X RAYS FOUND A PREEXISTING BONE CHIP WHICH WAS AGGRIVATED BY THE CONTACT WITHT HE BUMPER. THE INJURY REQUIRED A TEMPORARY CAST.

EE SAID HE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN CURTAIN CAUGHT ON A HOOK ON HIS BUCKET. HE GOT OUT OF THE SCOOP AND PULLED THE CURTAIN OFF THE FIRST HOOK, BUT IT WAS STILL CAUGHT ON THE SECOND MIDDLE HO OK. HE GAVE THE CURTAIN A STRONG PULL WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND IN THE PROCESS HE BROKE HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND JOINTS IN TWO PLACES.

ON THE DAY OF THE INJURY EE WAS WRESTLIG A TIRE & BRAKE CALIPER FROM A VOLVO TRUCK. HE ALSO WORKED ON REPLACING AN IDLER ROLLER ON THE D-8 DOZER. THIS JOB REQUIRED HIM TO WORK ON THE CAT R TRACKS. EE NOTICED PAIN & DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWEER BACK AFTER DOING THESE TASKS. HE RETURNED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY WITH SOME DISCOMFORT IN THE LOWER BACK. THE DISCOMFORT CONTD TO INCREASE UNTIL

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE PICKED UP A BAG OF ROCK DUST AND HE FELT A PULL IN HIS CHEST. HE WAS FILLING A HOPPER FOR A BANTUM DUSTER TO ROCK DUST THE BELT LINE. HE WORKED THE NEXT DAY AND DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO ANYONE INCLUDING HIS SUPERVISORABOUT THE INCIDENT. ON SUNDAY HE WOKE & WAS COUGHING & HAD PAIN IN CHEST. HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM & WAS TOLD BY DR. HE HAD BRONCHUS & STRAIN.

EE AND EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A BELT WIPER ON THE WEST BELT USST OUTBY THE SECITON TAIL. THEY AND THE REST OF THE CREW HAD JUST FINISHED A BELT MOVE. TWO OTHER FELLOWS WERE ISNTALLING 3" D IAMTER YELLOW MINE PIPE ABOUT 200' TOTAL LENGTH. ONE OF THE FELLOW WENT TO ENERGIZED THE LINE AND FLUSHED THE PIPE. THE END OF TH EPIPE AND VALVE WAS ABOUT 14' FROM EE'S LOCATION. THEIR WAS

EE WAS INSTALLING A DRAG UNDER A BATTERY COAL HAULER HE HAD THE DRAG WHICH WAS A 5" TALL X 10' LONG RAILROAD RAIL LAYING UNDER THE COAL HAULER WITH SLOTS CUT IN EACH END. EE WAS INSTALLING A B OLT IN THE CHAIN THAT PULLS THE DRAG. THE RAIL TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND EE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE RAIL. THE END OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEENTHE MINE FLOOR

EE WAS RECOVERING EXTRA SOID CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM PREVIOUS BUILT STOPPING HE LAYED A BLOCK IN THE BACK COMPARTMENT OF A WALLACE. MANTRIP. THE FLOOR OF THE COMPARTMENT HAD LOOSE ROCK DUST IN TH E STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE ROCK DUST IN THE COMPARTMENT TO SOAK UP SOME DIESEL FUEL THAT HAD BEEN SPILLED. AS HE PULLED THE BLOCK OVER TO THE EDGE OF THE COMPARTMENT THE LOOSE ROCK DUST WAS

HE THINKS HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK ON 12-4-96 WHILE CHANGING A TRAM GEAR BOX IN A BATTERY SCOOP.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE LOWERED HIS BASKET IN THE BATHHOUSE TO CHANGE CLOTHES FOR HIS SHIFT. HE WAS STANDING UNDER BASKET AND FELT SOME DIRT FALL IN HIS FACE. HE DID NOT FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT IN HIS EYES AT THIS TIME. 1 HR. INTO HIS SHIFT A COWORKER NOTICED A SPEC IN HIS EYE. TRIED TO FLUSH IT. WENT TO DR. 11-09-96 & FOUND PIECE OF METAL W/RUST. DR. GAVE PATCH. RETURNED 11-11-96.

EMP HAD JUST COMPLETED DRILLING OF A 6' DEEP HOLE FOR ROOF BOLT INSTALLATION. REACHED OUT TO TAKE LOWER STEEL OUT OF DRILL POT FIRST. WHILE HE HAD RIGHT HAND OVER AND AROUND TOP OF LOWER STEEL , UPPER STEEL FELL OUT OF THE MINE ROOF PINCHINGHAND BETWEEN TWO DRILL STEELS. MEATY PART OF HAND WHERE THUMB CONNECTS TO PALM OF HAND. LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCHES. EMP WAS WEARING GLOVES.

EE WAS CHANGING THE BRASS ON THE CIRCLE OF A GRADER WHEN HE BENT DOWN UNDER THE CIRCLE, HIS KNEE POPPED AND WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP, HE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. THE KNEE BECAME INCRESINGLY STIF F. EE WAS SENT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM. HE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST WITH A PROBABLE DIAGNOSIS OF A TORN KNEE CARTILAGE.

EE HAD WORKED AT THE SEAL CONSTRUCTION AREA ON THE DAY BEFORE THE INJURY. SHE SAID SHE LIFTED A BAG OF MORTAR MIX WHICH WEIGHS 80 LBS. AND DUMPED IT IN THE MIXER. SHE NOTICED HER BACK WAS TIGH T AFTER HER SHIFT BUT NO NOTICEABLE PAIN. THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS USING A SMALL SHOVEL TO DIP SOME MORTAR MIX OUT OF THE BOX WHEN SHARP PAIN STRUCK IN HER LOWER BACK.

EMP WAS MOVING A DRYER BASKET IN THE PREP PLANT.BASKET TURNED OVER STRIKING EMP ON BACK SIDE OF RIGHT LEG. EMP WAS TAKEN TO DAVIESS COUNTY HOSPITAL. WAS GIVEN A TETANUS SHOT AND LACERATION REQ UIRED SIX STITCHES.

EE AND OTHER WAS REMOVING A GUARD THAT WAS USED ON THE OLD 3RIS BELT DRIVE. AS THEY WERE SETTING THE WELDED WIRE PANAL ON THE FLOOR AGAINST THE RIB. EE RIGHT GLOVE CAUGHT ON THE PANAL AS THEY WERE SETTING IT DOWN THIS CAUSED THE TOP OF THE PANAL TO BUMP THE SIDE OF HIS NECK CAUSING A CUT ABOUT 1" LONG REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

EMP ALONG WITH TWO OTHER FELLOWS WERE BUILDING ASTOPPING ALONG THE INTAKE STOPPING LINE AT CROSSCUT 120 MAIN WEST UNIT. THE CROSSCUT WAS 8'6" TALL X 18'W. THEY HAD THE STOPPING ALMOST COMPLETE D WHEN A PORTION OF THE WALL FELL ON EMP KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. SUSTAINED A FRACTURED BONE IN RIGHT HAND PLUS TWO STITCHES ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, CONTUSIONS TO LEG.

EMP WAS LOADING A BOX OF ROOF BOLT GLUE ONTO A MANTRIPTO TAKE UP TO THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE TURNED WIHT THE BOX OF GLUE, HIS ARM BRUSHED ACROSS THE END OF A ROOF BOLT LAYING IN A STORED PILE. A STEEL BURR ON THE END OF BOLT CUT HIS FOREARM ABOUT 1-2" RESULTING IN 7 STITCHES TO TREAT THE LACERATION.

INJURED & CO-WORKER WERE INSTALLING A BREAKER BAR IN THE ROM CRUSHER. CO-WORKER WAS PUSHING THE BAR THROUGH THE CRUSHER WITH INJURED GUIDING THEBAR. THE BAR CAUGHT WHILE CO-WORKER WAS PUSHING PINCHING INJURED'S FINGERS BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER & THE BAR.

EE WAS STANDING ON A PLATFORM 2'X2' NEXT TO A COMPACTOR. HE WAS POSITIONNG THE DIESEL FUEL HOSE SO HE COULD PUT FUEL IN THE COPACTOR. THE HOSE HAD A LOOP IN IT SO HE TWISTED HIS UPPER BODY T O FLIP TEHLOOP OUT OF THE HOSE. AT THAT TIME HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS NECK, SHOULDER AND DOWN IN HIS ARM. THE DR. SAID HE WAS CARVICLA MYSOSITIS AND MUSCLE SPASM.

HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A LOOP OF MINER CABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE ROADWAY. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK (LOWER-MIDDLE). HE SAID HE HAS DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO- BENDING OV ER BACK GOES OUT.

EE WAS OPERATING A COAL HAULER IN THE WEST UNIT. SHE STOPPED AND SHUT OFF THE HAULER. SHE TURNED AROUND IN HER SEAT EXTENDED HER RIGHT LEG BACK ON THE GROUND OUT OF CAB. SHE FELT A POP IN THE JOINT WERE THE LEG JOINT THE HIP THE NEXT DAY ONHER SHIFT SHE TOLD HER FOREMAN THAT HER LEG HURTS WE SENT HER TO DR. HE PLACED HER OFF DUTY TO RECUPERATE LEG.

EE HAD BEEN WORKIGN ON REPLACING A TRANSMISSION IN A 988 CAT LOADER HE HAD BEEN ON THIS PROJECT FOR TWO DAYS. HE SAID HE DOES NOT RECALL A SET TIME OF INCIDENT. BUT THE DISCOMFORT IN HIS BAC K INCREASED AS THE DAY PROGRESSED. THE REBUILD INVOLVES EQUIPMENT IN TIGHT CLOSE QUARTERS & HEAVY PARTS HE HAD HELP WITH THE JOB PLUS THEY HAD ABOOM TRUCK FOR HOISTING EQUIPMENT.

EE WAS GOING TO SLIDE THE DEAD BOLT DEVICE TAHT IS USED TO SECURE BATTERY LIDS IN PLACE. HE THOUGHT THE LOCK DEVICE WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE SO HE GIVE IT A BIG PULL. BUT IT SLIDE FREELY AND H E SMASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE BOLT LEVER AND STO BLOCK. HE DID NOT GO TO DR FOR X-RAY UNTIL 11-21-95 3PM.

EE WAS TRYING TO COLLECT A TRANSFORMER THAT WAS STORED IN THE CORNER OF THE SHOP. BEHIND A DISABLED FRONT END LOADER. HE TRYED TO MOVE IT A COUPLE OF FEET BY HAND SO HE COULD GET THE FORKS OF THE GRANDALL LOADER UNDER IT. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THIS 300 LBS TRANSFORMER BY HIMSELF.

EE IS NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN HE GOT A SMALL METAL SPLINTER IN HIS EYE. HE WENT TO DR FOR HEADACHES HE WAS HAVING WHEN THEY FOUND THE SPLINTER AND RUST RING. HE USED A METAL CUT OFF SAW 9-27-95 . BUT WORE EYE PROTENTION. HE OPERATES A GETMAN SUPPLY TRACTOR WITH GOGGLES FOR PROTECTION OR HE SAID HE COULD HAVE WIPED HIS EYES WITH A DIRTY GLOVE OR HAND.

HE WAS OFF LOADING A COUPLE OF FIRE HOSE ROLLS TO BE TRANSPORTED INTO THE MINE. WHEN HE LAYED ONE OF THE ROLLS DOWN HIS FINGER WAS CUT BY THE MALE THREADS ON THE HOSE COUPLING. THE LACERATION TOOK A FEW STITCHES TO REPAIR THE CUT.

EE HAD SHUT THE WATER OFF TO A DUST SUPPRESSION SPRAY BAR, LOCATED NEAR THE ROTARY BREAKER. THE SPRAYS WERE PLUGGED SO WHEN HE UNCOUPLED THE HOSE FEEDING THE SPRAY BAR, THE HOSE STILL HAD STAT IC PRESSURE ON IT. THE HOSE END FLEW BACK, STRIKING HIM ON THE CHIN. THE LACERATION REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

THEY WERE USING A CONT. MINER TO CUT OVERCAST IN THE WEST MAIN ENTRIES. EE GRABBED A LONG LOOP OF MINER CABLE AND THREW IT OVER AGAINST THE RIB. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK AFTER THROWING THE C ABLE.

INJURED ALONG WITH INJURED WERE LEVELING A BATTERY STAND USING A MINE TIMBER AS A PRY DEVICE. THE MINE TIMBER SLIPPED OFF IT PIVOT BLOCKS. INJURED WAS PLACING A HEADER BOARD UNDER THE BATTERY STAND HIS THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TIMBER AND THE FLOOR. X RAY SHOWED A BONE CHIP ON HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EE INJURED HIS KNEE ON 4-9-95 PALYING BASKETBALL AWAY FROM WORK. HE MISSED THE ENTIRE WEEK FOLLOWING THIS INJURY. HE RETURNED TO WORK ON MONDAY , 2:15 PM, WORKED DOING LIGHT WORK UNTIL 7:45 PM WHEN HE WAS UNLOADING 3" PLASTIC PVC PIPE FROM A COAL HAULER INTO A XCUT. AS HE TURNED TO GET ANOTHER PIPE, HE HEARD & FELT A POP IN HIS KNEE & WAS HELPED FROM THE MINE.

INJURED WAS HELPING TO LOAD ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES FROM A SCOOP TO THE ROOF BOLTER. HE WAS HANDED 4 ROOF BOLTS HE TURNED TO HAND THOSE BOLTS TO ANOTHER PERSON. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK WHICH GOT WORSE AS THE DAY PROGRESSED.

INJURED WAS HAND LOADING A SPRAY MACH USED TO SEAL STOPPINGS AND MINE SURFACES. HE WAS PUSHINGIT INTO THE TRAILER END OF A COAL HAULER BATT. WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE SPRAY MACH HE FELT A PULL IN HIS NECK. THE DR. SAID HE HAS A PULLED MUSCLE.

INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CHANGE THE AIR COMPRESSOR IN HIS GREASE TRUCK. SOMETIME DURING THIS PROCESS, DIRT BECAME LODGED IN THE RIGHT EYE. HE WAS SENT TO THE WABASH VALLEY EYE CENT ER FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR TOBREX OPT. SALVE AND TOBREX DROPS.

EE WAS LOADING ROOF BOLT SUPPLIES ON TO THE ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WAS SLIDING A ROOF STRAP ON THE BOLTER IT CAMT TO A SUDDEN STOP WHEN IT STRUCK SOMETHING. CAUSING THE EDGE OF THE STRAP TO CUT TH ROUGH THE SIDE OF HIS GLOVE CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE SIDE OF HIS LITTLE FINGER--6 STITCHES REQUIRED.

EE WAS EXTENDING SIGHTS IN THE 7 ENTRY USING A LASER. AS HE WALKED BACK TO GET THIS DEVICE HIS FOOT STUCK IN THE MUD. HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS HIP AND LEG AFTER PULLING HIS FOOT OUT OF THE S OFT FLOOR MUD.

INJURED WAS CLEANING TE CUTTING EDGES ON A D11 DOZER WHEN DUST BECAME LODGED INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS SENT TO THE DR FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION. T HE DUST WAS REMOVED AND HE WAS ISSUED A PRESCRIPTION FOR GARAMYCIN OPTHALMIC SOLUTION.

INJURED WAS DROPPING WET HOLE BAGS (BLASTING AGENTS) DOWN THE BLASTHOLE WHICH WAS ABOUT 35 ' DEEP. AS THE LAST BAG WAS DROPPED IN TEH BLASTHOLE TH EWATER SHOT OUT OF THE TOP OF THE HOLE AND F ILLED HIS EYES WITH WATER AND SAND.