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I,NAME CALLED FROM LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL AND SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A DOCTOR BECAUSE HIS KNEE HAD BEEN BOTHERING HIM FOR YEARS. HE SAID THAT THE DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE HIS KNEE OPER ATED ON.
EMPLOYEE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO FACE AREA OF MINE IN AN S&S 484 SCOOP BUCKET AND STATED HE WAS INJURED WHEN THE SCOOP RAN OVER A ROUGH AREA ON THE MINE FLOOR.
ELECTRICIAN WAS PUSHING CABLE THRU CONDUIT INTO POWER CENTER WHERE BREAKERS HAD 440 POWER ON THEM ELECTRICIAN ASKED I NAME TO PULL END OF CABLE AND KEEP IT FROM TOUCHING BREAKERS WHICH HAD POW ER ON THEM CABLE TOUCHED TOP OF BREAKER CAUSING A FLASH OF FINE WHICH RESULTED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT HAND AND WRIST.
END OF CHAINWHICK STRUCK RIGHT LEG ON SHIN. HAD X-RAY. BRUISED NEXT TO BONE.